Medival Europe

Question 1

Describe the steps in becoming a Knight. Be sure to include the names of all of the steps as
well as what you would do at each step.

Answer 1

-Page, Squire, Armiger, Knight
-serve people is a common theme in all roles.

Question 2

What is a serf? What do they do? Briefly describe their daily life.

Answer 2

What is a serf? What do they do? Briefly describe their daily life.

Question 3

What is feudalism? What is Manorialism?

Answer 3

-Feudalism is a social system with different classes (lords, nobles, vassals, serfs, knights)
where land is exchanged for services. Manorialism is the economic system of the Middle
Ages that governs life on the manor.

Question 4

Who started the Carolingian Dynasty?

Answer 4

-Pepin the Short

Question 5

What impact did the Fall of Rome have on Europe?

Answer 5

-loss of learning, disunity/isolation, lack of resources, loss of trade, loss of a common
language.