Medieval Europe Revison Flashcards
Domesday Book
The Domesday Book is an eleventh century public record of who owned what and how much they had.
Bayeux Tapestry
e Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth that depicts the battle of Hastings in 1066 and the events leading up to it.
Primary Source
A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art.
Secondary Source
A secondary source is any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed.
Tithe Barn
a barn where peasants’ produce is stored as a form of taxation
Thatch
straw used for making roofs
Illumination
hand- painted illustration in a medieval book
Bias
a direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric.
Barbarians
Uncivilised invaders.
Deposed
removed from a position of authority
Franks
people of a group of a Germanic nation who ruled in western Europe from the sixth century CE
Book of Kells
The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
Charlemagne
King of franks
Matyr
killed or made to suffer because of religious beliefs
Pagan
someone who is not a Christian, Jew or Muslim, but who worships many gods
