Humanities Exam Flashcards
What were some of the reasons that historians suggest contributed to the fall of Rome?
1) Invasions from neighbouring barbarian tribe
2) over reliance on slave labour
3) over-expansion
What were the crusades?
The Crusades were a series of religious wars during the medieval period, which was aimed at recovering the holy land from Islamic rule.
Diagram of the medieval European hierarchy
Monarchs>Landed Gentry>Clergy>Royal Ministers>Merchants>Vassals>Peasants and Serfs
Role of Nobles
nobles were mounted warriors who swore allegiance to their sovereign and promised to fight for him in exchange for an allocation of land
Role of bishops
bishops controlled church finances, ordained priests, assigned clergy to their posts, and dealt with any number of matters
Role of clergy
The clergy were the religious people of the Middle Ages. Following the pope, in order of rank, there were bishops, priests, monks and nuns
Role of peasants
Peasant life. In Medieval Europe, there were two types of peasants: freemen, serfs. Serfs were owned by the lords, serfs worked long hours, mostly in performing laborious tasks and harvesting crops. Freemen were not owned by any lord, but still had to work for the king.
What technology was developed to allow knights to ride horses
Saddle, horse shoes, stirrup and reigns
What would a king need to think about when building a castle
Having the high ground, having a moat, what the walls are made out of
What are siege weapons?
Weapons used to perform sieges on castles, such as battering rams,
