Foundations of Medieval Europe and Height of Medieval Civilization Vocabulary and People

Question 1

Charlemagne

Answer 1

was the leader of the Franks

Question 2

Missi Dominici

Answer 2

is the lord’s messengers

Question 3

Parish

Answer 3

is a rural districts with each having there own priest

Question 4

Tithe

Answer 4

is ten percent of a person salary which is then donated to the church

Question 5

Illumination

Answer 5

includes designing and decorating the first letter of a paragraph and margins

Question 6

Clovis

Answer 6

is Clotilde husband and the first king of the Franks

Question 7

Charles Martel

Answer 7

is the Frankish Mayor of the Palace

Question 8

Feudalism

Answer 8

is a system of rule which local lords are bounded to a king by ties of loyalty

Question 9

Knight

Answer 9

is a mounted warriors who would serve for the lord

Question 10

Lord

Answer 10

is similar to a greater noble

Question 11

Vassal

Answer 11

is a large areas of land which are then divided between lesser lords

Question 12

Feudal Contract

Answer 12

is unwritten rules governing the relationships between a lord and his vassal

Question 13

Fief

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is an estate or a piece of land

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Chivalry

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is feudal nobles following a code of conduct

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Troubadour

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also known as wandering poets, is a person who would go and entertain at feudal castles

Question 16

Three-field System

Answer 16

is a method of crop rotation

Question 17

Trial by Combat

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is one of the ways the accusant can choose to solve his/her crime, another knight would challenged the accused to battle

Question 18

Trial by Ordeal

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is the other way the accusant can choose to solve his/her crimes, a painful physical test

Question 19

Manor

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is a village or several villages and the surrounding of lands

Question 20

Serf

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is peasants who are attached to the land

Question 21

Demesne

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when lord spilt most manor land among his serfs, the reserved portion was the demesne

Question 22

Baliff

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is an agent who manages his smaller estates

Question 23

Inquisition

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is a special court used to try people of accused heresy

Question 24

Excommunication

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is when Christians disobeyed the church they would face a threat

Question 25

Simony

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is the buying and selling of religious offices

Question 26

Hanseatic League

Answer 26

was an association of 80 large towns and cities in northern Germany that grouped together for trade purposes and protection

Question 27

Charter

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is written documents that guaranteed their rights

Question 28

Guild

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is an association of merchants and artisans that govern the town

Question 29

Just Price

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includes the cost of materials plus reasonable profit

Question 30

Apprentice

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is someone who learns the trade from a master craftsman who was a guild member

Question 31

Journeyman

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is someone who earned wages by working for a master craftsman while he perfected his skills

Question 32

Chanson de geste

Answer 32

is a long, narrative poem describing the ideals of chivalry

Question 33

Dante

Answer 33

was the most famous Italian medieval poet

Question 34

Geoffrey Chacuer

Answer 34

an english poet who influenced vernacular literature

Question 35

Thomas Aquinas

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was the most famous medieval scholastic thinker

Question 36

Roger Bacon

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is an english philosopher and scientist

Question 37

Flying Buttress

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was a stone arm that leaned against the outside wall to help support the weight of the roof

Question 38

Vernacular

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is the everyday language of the people

Question 39

Scholasticism

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used logic and reasons to support christian beliefs

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Alchemist

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is a person who combined magical beliefs, philosophy, and chemistry in an effort to change worthless metals into gold

Question 41

Seljuk Turks

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warlike people who had just converted to Islam

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Urban II

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is a pope

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Saladin

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is a muslim general

Question 44

Crusade

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is an military expedition against enemies of the church

Question 45

Usury

Answer 45

is lending money for interest

Question 46

Bill of Exchange

Answer 46

permitted merchants to pay for goods in distant cities without actually carrying gold coins