make a quiz on medieval Europe Flashcards
What period does the term ‘medieval Europe’ refer to?
The Middle Ages, approximately from the 5th to the late 15th century.
True or False: The Black Death occurred in the 14th century.
True
What title was given to the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?
Emperor
Fill in the blank: The ______ was a series of religious wars initiated by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
Crusades
Who was the famous female leader during the Hundred Years’ War?
Joan of Arc
What document, signed in 1215, limited the powers of the English king?
Magna Carta
What were guilds in medieval towns?
Associations of craftsmen and merchants.
What architectural style is characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses?
Gothic architecture
Fill in the blank: The ______ Wars were fought between England and France from 1337 to 1453.
Hundred Years’
Multiple Choice: Which plague devastated Europe in the 14th century?
The Bubonic Plague/Black Death
money lending
usury
Which Pope called for the First Crusade?
Pope Urban II
asked king for rights/privileges to trade
charter
money for investment
capital
- pope
- action: excommunicated English and French kings
- effects: dies and English and French will gain power after he dies
Innocent III
- pope
- action: banned lay investiture
- effect: excommunicated Henry IV because Henry went against the church and he said that Henry was disrespectful
Gregory VII
- emperor
- action: led the army to Rome
- effects:
Pope got power to appoint bishops
Rulers had the right to decide what lands the bishop would rule
Concordat of Worm
Henry IV
the process by which rulers rather than the pope appoints a bishop
lay investiture
invaded England and took over
Battle of Hastings
all lords pledged loyalty/military service
Salisbury Oath
helped Willam’s government set up a tax system
Domesday Book
ordered juries to report crime/disputes; heard cases
Circuit Court Judges
decided what cases went to trial
Grand Jury
made verdicts for cases
Trial Jury
single legal law code for entire country
Common law
- Limited the king’s power
- Increased the nobles power
- Eventually gave the people more rights
- Acted as a written guarantee
Magna Carta
England’s legislature
Parliament
no arrest without proper legal procedures
Due process
no imprisonment without a change
Habeas corpus
captured Jerusalem and was the main aim of the Crusade
Saladin
a series of Christian holy wars conducted against nonbelievers
Crusades
killer disease that caused swellings on the body, black spots, fever, and vomiting = death
Black Death
- wrote stories about the Black Death in The Decameron while he was in Florence
- Said the reason for the plague was God punishing the people and influence of heavenly bodies
Boccaccio
everyday language
vernacular
said earth was center of universe
ptolemy
not following church laws
heretics
