Early Russia Flashcards
medieval knights often took part in _______, or mock battles
tournaments
troubadour
a wandering musician that sang about knights and ladies
in return for loyalty, a lord granted a lesser noble a ________
fief
manor
a lord’s estate
chivalry
the knight’s code of conduct
the feudal system was based on a network of
mutual obligations
the role of noblewomen
they played active roles in medieval society
the feudal contract was usually between
a great lord and a less-powerful noble
medieval serfs were
bound to the land but not slaves
medieval manor
a self-sufficient unit
_________ bring early culture into russia
vikings
where was there a lot of cultural diffusion from
scandinavia
borrowed many _______ and ________ ideas about religion and language
greek and byzantine
russian alphabet, a blend of slavic and greek
cyrillic alphabet
vikings included _______ and made them slaves
slavs (the word slaves comes from this)
they sold the slaves in many cases to people in
the byzantine empire
eventually, vikings and slavs married each other producing
a typical russian today
where did vladmir live
kiev
which religion did vladmir convert to
christianity
which religion spread throughout russia
christianitu
what did vladmir have people look for
look for a religion
what did vladmir force the people to do
convert to christianity
where did yaroslav live
kiev
what did yaroslav create
written laws, and he enforced them
what did yaroslav’s written legal code encourage people to do
respect property
someone born wealthy is a
noble
boyar
a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince.
what did boyars create a gap between
the rich and the poor
what are mongols
a destructive force, invaded and conquered
what did the mongols do to kiev
destroyed kiev, burnt it to the ground
where do the mongols move to
moscow
what do the mongols do to russia
cuts russia off from the rest of europe, causing russia to always be behind
what did alexander nevsky advise fellow princes/boyars to do
cooperate with the mongols
what did alexander nevsky stop russia from doing
stopped them from revolting
who freed russia from the mongols
ivan the great
what did ivan the great name himself
czar
what did ivan the great want to make russia
“third rome”
how did the vikings influence russia
trade, establishing a government, boats/movement on rivers
how did the byzantine empire influence russia
written language, religion, buildings, developed russian culture
how did the mongols influence russia
destroyed kiev, moved the center of the empire to moscow, cut off contacts with western europe, draining money + resources
