Middle Ages Flashcards
Economic system tied to feudalism where serfs worked for lords on manors
Manorialism
Event that was a turning point to the Middle Ages
Fall of the Roman Empire
What did the Fall of the Roman Empire cause?
Political decentralization
System of government where there are lords and vassals
Feudalism
Aristocrats
Nobles
Served lords, but are still nobles
Vassals
Sworn loyalty to a lord
Fealty
Land given to a vassal from a lord
Fief
Way that knights lived
Chivalry
Primary lord for a knight
Liege lord
King of England who:
- led the Norman conquest
-wrote the domesday book
-vassal to Huge Capet
William of Normandy / William I
Census that allowed William of Normandy to collect taxes
Domesday book
King of England who:
- conflicted with Thomas Becket
- married to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II
Archbishop of Canterbury who was killed by the knights of Henry II
Thomas Becket
King of England who:
- signed the Magna Carta
John I / John the Softsword
Document that limits the power of the king
Magna Carta
King of France who:
- started the Capetian Dynasty
Huge Capet
Married to Henry II
Eleanor of Aquitaine
King of France who:
- conquered more territory than his nobles
Philip Augustus
Holy Roman Emperor who:
- was the first emperor
Charlemagne
Holy Roman Emperor who:
- had conflict with Pope Gregory VII
Henry IV
Holy Roman Emperor who:
- wants to take over Italian city-states rather than rule over German nobles
Frederick Barbossa
New merchant class/middle class
Bourgeoise
Trade associations
Guilds
Church officials
Clergy
Highest authority in the Church
Pope
Missions sponsored by Church to reclaim the Holy Land away from Infidels/Muslims
Crusades
Pope superior to all
Papal supremacy
Nobility gave Church positions out
Lay Investure
Pope who had conflict with Henry IV and removed him after the end of Lay Investure
Gregory VII
Ended Lay Investure
Concordat of Worms
Monks living away from society
Monasticism
Rules monks needed to live by
Benedictine Rules
Architecture style:
- dark, short buildings
Romanesque style
Architecture style:
- ribbed vaulting
- flying buttresses
- stained glass
Gothic style
External support for Gothic style
Flying butresses
Poets
Troubadours
Movement that stressed using logic to support a truth
Scholasticism
Well known Scholastic
Peter Abelard
Scholastic who wrote Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas
Time where temperatures decreased and storms increased
Little Ice Age