Middle ages

Question 1

On what did william the conqueror base his claim to the English throne?

Answer 1

He said that the old king had promissed the throne to him so he saild the english channel with a huge army to take what was rightfully his

Question 2

What was the purpose of the doomsday book

Answer 2

so people could be taxed based on an accurate assessment of what they owned

Question 3

What brought England into the mainstream

Answer 3

The Anglo-Norman entity that resulted from the norman conquest brought england into mainstream european civilizations which included feudalism

Question 4

What was the position of the baron in the feudal hiarchy? Who was above them? Who was below them?

Answer 4

barons were appointed by kings. They were his immediate vassals or subordinates allotting them portions of his land in return for there economic or military allegiance. Barons could appoint there own vassals. Below them were landless knights and serfs

Question 5

What did the feudalism system carry

Answer 5

a sence of form and manners that permitted the life, art and litterature of the middle ages

Question 6

WHat was the primary duty of men above the serf class

Answer 6

millitary service to their lords. Boys were put in trainning at a young age. Trainning was not done in house so that it was strict

Question 7

What is feudalism

Answer 7

a pyrimid system based on a hiarchy of loyalties

Question 8

What was the essential idea on which the feudal system was based

Answer 8

a hiarchy of loyalties

Question 9

What were womans rights like in the middle ages

Answer 9

they had no political rights. their social standing depended completly on her husband or fathers status

Question 10

WHat is chivalry

Answer 10

a system of ideals and social codes governing the behavior of knights and gentle woman

• adhearing to oath to overloard
• observing certain rules of warfare
• adoring particular lady-self-improvement

Question 11

What was a central aspect to chivalry

Answer 11

revering and acting in the name of a lady would make a night braver and better
-courtly love

Question 12

what was courtly love

Answer 12

nonsexual

• glorify her
• be inspired by her
• she remained pure and out of reach

Question 13

did chivalry help woman

Answer 13

-idelazed attitude toward them but did little to improve status

Question 14

WHat litterature did chivalry bring

Answer 14

the romance

Question 15

What happend when pop started growing

Answer 15

pop shifted to cities where ppl lived and worked outside feudal system

Question 16

WHen did the crusades take place and what was it

Answer 16

1095-1270

-a series of wars waged by European Christians agenst the muslims with jerusilum and the holy land as the prize

Question 17

WHat was the outcome of the crusades

Answer 17

• Europeans could not hold jerusilum

- Christian Europe was exposed to the Middle easts sophisticate civilization

Question 18

The murder of thomas A Backet resulted from a conflict between theese two powerful midevil institutes

Answer 18

king and church

Question 19

3 ways the roman church unified europe

Answer 19

• church was center of learning
• latin remained international language of educated europeans
• pope was king of all kings

Question 20

HOW and when was the magna carta sighned

Answer 20

ENglish Barons forced King Jhon to sighn the Magna Carta as an effort to curb the churches power. The document latter became the basis for english constitutional law
-1215

Question 21

2 rights that were a consequence of the magna carta

Answer 21

trial by jury

legislative taxation

Question 22

When and what was the hundred year war

Answer 22

• based on dubious claims of throne of france by Edward III and Henry V
• important factor in the gradual development of a british national consciousness
• 1327-1453

Question 23

What was the english secret weapon in hundred year war

Answer 23

longbow

-green clad-yeoman (small landowners)

Question 24

What was the result of the hundred year war

Answer 24

English lost with france
yeoman replaced knights
-modern democratic england was born

Question 25

WHat was the black death

Answer 25

1348 -1349

• Delivered blow to feudalism
• caused a labor shortage, leading to serfs freedom, and to the end of feudalism