Feudalism Test Flashcards
What is chivalry?
The qualities of behavior expected of a knight, such as honor, courtesy, and courage.
What is a tithe?
Money or crops give to the Church worth about 1/10 of a person’s income.
What was the title given to the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
The Pope.
What was feudalism? Why was it important in Europe during the middle ages?
Legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe. It was a way of structuring society around the relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor.
What was the crop rotation system of agriculture? What role did “fallow” lands play in this?
Each field was rotated into a different crop nearly every year.
This allowed farmers to restore soil fertility and restore some of the plant nutrients removed with the crops.
What was “trial by ordeal?”, “trial by fire”, and “trial by combat”?
A - A trial by ordeal was to prove one’s innocence through painful experience.
B - A trial by fire is: you burn = innocent. You do not burn = you are a witch.
C - Trial by combat: You (or someone who represents you) win in a fight = innocent. You lose = guilty.
What were the sacraments?
Rites you must go through in a Catholic Church.
What did it mean to be excommunicated?
To cancel a person’s membership in the Church; an excommunicated person could no longer participate in religious ceremonies such as marriage.
Who was William the Conqueror and why is he remembered?
He was the duke of Normandy
After the Battle of Hastings, he became King of England.
He is also known as William the Bastard.
What was the Black Death?
The Black Death or Bubonic Plague was a highly contagious, usually fatal disease.
How did the Black Death spread?
- Flea drinks rat blood that carries the bacteria
- Bacteria multiply in flea’s gut
- Flea’s gut clogged with bacteria
- Flea bites humans and regurgitates blood into the human wound.
- Human is infected!
What were the consequences of the Black Death?
It killed between 30 - 60% of Europe and broke the feudal system.
What was the Norman conquest of England? Who was responsible for this?
It was the 11th invasion and occupation of England.
The duke of Normandy William the Conqueror was responsible for the invasion.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70m long and 50 cm tall which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England.
What was the Magna Carta?
Magna Carta is Latin for “the great charter.” It was also known as The Charter of Liberties.
