Middle Ages Flashcards
Feudalism
the dominant social system in medieval Europe
Manor
A land held in condition of feudal service
Crusades
Series of religious wars
Serf
A farmer working on the lords land
Knight
A person who serves in the military
Apprentice
A person learning a trade
Vernacular
A language or dialect
Great schism
Was the event that divided chalcedony an Christianity Roman Catholism
Inquisition
When the pope suppressed herosy
Allah
Islamic god
Mecca
Where the Muslims go to take their pilgamige at the hajj
Quran
The Islamic bible
Where did feudalism emerge
Europe Germanic tribes
What did serfs get I. Return of working on the lords Manor
Protection and a small piece of land to farm for themselves
What led to the decline of the feudal system
Fief could be passed down
States more powerful then the system
Monarchs could higher soldiers
A persons social status was determined by what
Whatever their father was