Intro To The Medieval Period Flashcards
In Medieval society, what were associations of merchants or craftsmen called?
Guilds
In the Feudal system system, the Barons then granted property to whom?
Vassal
In the Feudal system, the King loaned some land to the Church and to whom?
Baron
In the Feudal system, Vassals paid fees to the king and supplied him with what?
Knight
In what year did the Medieval period end?
1485
Name the four techniques of Characterization.
1) Description of appearance
2) Examples of speech, thoughts, or actions
3) Response to other characters
4) Narrator’s comments
Name the three languages in the trilingual worlds of business and the professionals in England.
1) French
2) Latin
3) English
Name two things The Domesday Book was commissioned to do.
1) Assess England’s resources
2) Assess the taxes that could be raised
Name two things this King John promised by signing The Magna Carta.
1) Not to tax without first meeting with the Barons
2) To only choose officers who know that law and mean to observe it
The Magna Carta is believed to mark the beginning of what in England?
Constitutional government
To what did the English people compare The Domesday Book?
The Last Judgment
What English king inherited England’s debts and signed The Magna Carta?
King John
What English king spent a great deal of England’s money on the Crusades?
Richard I
What is a narrative?
Writing that relates a series of events
What is irony?
The contrast between expectation and reality
What was the great land survey of 1086 called?
The Domesday Book
What was the strict Medieval class system called?
Feudalism
Why is the Medieval period also known the Middle Ages?
Came between two cultural high points (The Roman Invasion & The English Renaissance)
After three centuries, who was the first king of England whose mother tongue was English?
Henry IV
Approximately what percentage of Europe’s population was killed by the Black Death?
One-third
During the Crusades, the Christians tried to drive the “infidels” from what location?
The Holy Land
How did the Black Death mainly spread?
Fleas on rats
In the Feudal system system, who worked the manors and were the lowest class?
Serf
In what battle did the French army defeat the Anglo-Saxons?
The Battle of Hastings
On what date was William the Conqueror crowned king of England?
December 25, 1066
What became the preferred language of the aristocracy in England?
French
What French king claimed the English throne at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period?
William the Conqueror
What was the official language of England in the Medieval period?
French
Where in Europe did the Black Death begin?
Sicily
Approximately how many of England’s 5 million citizens were killed by the Black Death?
2 Million
In the Feudal system system, all land belonged to whom?
King
In what year did the Medieval period begin?
1066
What famous children’s song references the Black Death in its lyrics?
“Ring Around the Rosey”
What is the Medieval period also known as?
The Middle Ages
What language evolved out of Old English to become the language of the commoners?
Middle English
