Medieval Europe Flashcards
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North Atlantic drift
The movement of warm and cold water around the Atlantic ocean.
Monastery
The quarters and workplaces for monks and nuns.
Charlamagne
King of the Franks during the 700’s-800’s. Conquered most of Western Europe.
Holy Roman empire
Empire in Rome, Italy. One of the most well-known empires. Ceaser. Took over a lot of Europe. Christians.
Feudalism
A system of working in Europe where people would give people jobs and places to live in exchange for money from what they make working.
Manorialism
A system of working in Europe where farmers would farm than give money to people in charge of these big castles and then the farmers would live there.
The Battle of Hastings/William the conqueror
Battle to determine new king. Old king, Edward was killed late in battle. William the Conqueror became new king.
Papacy
The office of the pope
Monarch
A person who reigns over a kingdom or empire.
Magna Carta
Written in 1215 to make a cohesive set of laws. Still modeled as a basis for laws today.
The crusades
A series of Christian expeditions to attempt to “win back” the holy lands.
Pope Urban II
The guy who started the crusades.
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt, he helped beat the Christians in the 3rd crusade and turn Israel Muslim again.
Richard I
Leader of the Christians in the 3rd crusade.
Bubonic plague
Plague that killed millions during the 1300s. Started with bacteria and rats. The economy had a hard time readjusting after, because it killed over half of the world at the time.
