Lecture 35

Question 1

chivalry

Answer 1

The social ethos of the medieval warrior-aristocracy that emphasized prowess, courage, loyalty, and generosity. The conduct proper for a knight, a man who rode and fought on a horse (cheval).

Question 2

primogeniture

Answer 2

From primus genitus, “first born,” a social and political system whereby lands, offices, and titles were transmitted to the oldest male.

Question 3

List 4 Chivalric Qualities

Answer 3

1. Prowess
2. Courage
3. Loyalty
4. Generosity

Question 4

manor

Answer 4

• Normal English name for medieval estate consisting of a lord, the person for whom the estate was exploited, and the dependent peasants, often but not always serfs.
• Manors were usually bipartite in that some portion was reserved to the support of the lord and some part reserved to the peasants themselves.

Question 5

Cistercians

Answer 5

Monks of Citeaux, in Burgundy, or their allies; a community of reformed Benedictine monks who sought primitive purity. Spread rapidly in the 12th century.

Question 6

Cluny

Answer 6

Great monastery founded in Burgundy in 910 to be free of all lay control. Tremendously influential well into the 12th century, not least because of its famous abbots.