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Middle Ages Notes Flashcards

1
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What time period was the Middle Ages?

A

1066-1485

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2
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What event and when started the Middle Ages?

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Battle of Hastings in 1066-Norman Conquest

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What happened at the Battle of Hastings

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William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeated King Harold of England

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4
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What was significant about King Harold?

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Last Anglo-Saxon King

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Why did William come to England to fight?

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He said the throne was his and he was mad King Harold got it so he brought his army to seize his throne

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What was significant about William’s conquest?

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Norman and Anglo-Saxon ways were combined

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7
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Who was the first writer to achieve greatness and begun short stories

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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8
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Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury

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Thomas A Becket

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9
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The signing of what gave equal power to people?

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Magna Carta

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10
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Who was the Magna Carta signed by and what did it limit?

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King John, the king’s powers

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What modern govt ways were given to us by the Magna Carta?

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trial by jury, legislative taxation, parliament, democracy

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12
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How long did William the Conqueror reign?

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21 years

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13
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How does the Feudal System work?

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Fixed class system, ranks based on land ownership

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14
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How did Thomas A Becket become a Saint?

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he was murdered by the king’s men for siding with the church not the king

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15
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Why do people visit the shrine of Thomas A Becket?

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They believe it brings healing

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16
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What were the Crusades fought for?

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to free Jerusalem from the Turks

17
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What was Christianity doing at the time?

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Church had it’s own court system and religious people were educated and educated others

18
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What were we exposed to during the Crusades?

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Arabic Culture, Chivalry, Math and Science, Commercial Trade

19
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What war was between England and France?

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100 Year’s War

20
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Why was the 100 Year’s war fought?

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British were unwilling to give up French territories

21
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Who was the War of the Roses between?

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House of York and House of Lancaster-a civil feud between groups of people fighting within a country

22
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What was the disease that killed ___ people?

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Black Death (Bubonic Plague) 1/3 of population

23
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What two types of literature were popular?

A

Poems and Drama

24
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What theme was popular in literature?

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Romance-chivalry

25
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What are ballads?

A

poems meant to be sung

26
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Who write ballads?

A

Anonymous

27
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What everyday subjects are written about?

A

disappointed love, jealousy, sensational things

28
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What is the rhyme scheme?

A

abcb

29
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What two types of dramas are there and what are they about?

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Miracle-Biblical stories acted out on the backs of wagons

Morality-about morals (good and bad) (virtues and vices)

30
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Most famous morality play of this time

A

Every Man

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