Europe Post Classical Part 2 Flashcards
Europe was generally ________.
isolated
What did it survive and overcome?
survived Mongol threat and overcame Islamic Intrusion
Why was Europe rarely united politically?
due to distances, economic weaknesses, and language differences (and prior fall of Rome, Muslim, Vikings)
There were weak ____ and strong ______ vying for power.
weak kings, strong nobles
What was the Magna Carta 1215?
it was the result of nobles resisting the English king’s authority
Despite have religion in common there were significant clashes like the _______ _____ ___.
hundred years’ war
How did Feudalism become the social order?
from the fragmented and economic weakness in Europe
What is the hierarchy?
Kings, Nobles, lessar vessels that served nobels, Knights that fought for them, very few artisans and merchants made up middle class, Bottom is serfdom
What did the manorial system do?
organized the classes into self-sufficient villages
When did the economy get revived?
second half of the post classical era (cities grew)
What broke up the feudal system and why?
the plague because peasant labor was in demand
What were the women’s rights like?
women’s opportunities because of church, chivalry helped protect them
Why did Christians take up arms against the Muslims in Spain (Reconquista) and in SW Asia (Crusades)?
In both places Islam had taken over lands previously controlled by Christians.
What are significant authors?
Aquinas, Dante, and Chaucer
What was the architecture of the churches?
Gothic
