Middle Ages Flashcards
Feudalism evolved because of?
Lack of government protection
In monorail system: the person who received land from The Lord was called?
Vassal
During the Crusades, Saladin was leader of?
Muslims
Mock battles when knights used for training were called?
Tournaments
First document protecting rights of people?
The Magna Carta
Selling or buying of church positions is called _______
Simony
The king and queen of Spain rid their country of Muslims
Reconquista
Act of king appointing religious positions is called?
Lay Investiture
Schism means?
A split in the Catholic Church
The English king who battled soup or Saladin in the 3rd Crusade was?
King Richard the lion hearted
Who brought Christianity to the Franks?
Clovis
What does a serf mean?
Peasant
A tithe was a payment made to?
A church
A manor was?
A lords estate
Knights traded military service for?
Land
What crusade was it when the Muslims captured Jerusalem?
First crusade
During reconquista, who was drive out of Spain?
Muslims
Pope whose call for action resulted in the 1st crusade
Urban the 2nd
Who lead victorious forces at the battle of tours?
Charles Martel
Best way to summarize the relationship between lords, manors and peasants?
They all depended on eachother for survival
Who were the Northmen?
Vikings
How did the Bubonic Plague spread across Asia?
Rats and Mongolians
Who reunited Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
Charlemagne
A knight fought for everything except?
His country
Crusades didn’t?
End feudalism
Who led Norman conquest of England?
William the conqueror
Church reformers focused on 3 problems excluding
Usury
Gothic cathedrals create sense of?
Height and light
Middle Ages ended at?
100 years war
Most effective fighters were?
English long-bow men
Girl burned for witchcraft was?
Joan of Arc
