Middle Ages Notes Flashcards
What time period was the Middle Ages?
1066-1485
What event and when started the Middle Ages?
Battle of Hastings in 1066-Norman Conquest
What happened at the Battle of Hastings
William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeated King Harold of England
What was significant about King Harold?
Last Anglo-Saxon King
Why did William come to England to fight?
He said the throne was his and he was mad King Harold got it so he brought his army to seize his throne
What was significant about William’s conquest?
Norman and Anglo-Saxon ways were combined
Who was the first writer to achieve greatness and begun short stories
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas A Becket
The signing of what gave equal power to people?
Magna Carta
Who was the Magna Carta signed by and what did it limit?
King John, the king’s powers
What modern govt ways were given to us by the Magna Carta?
trial by jury, legislative taxation, parliament, democracy
How long did William the Conqueror reign?
21 years
How does the Feudal System work?
Fixed class system, ranks based on land ownership
How did Thomas A Becket become a Saint?
he was murdered by the king’s men for siding with the church not the king
Why do people visit the shrine of Thomas A Becket?
They believe it brings healing
What were the Crusades fought for?
to free Jerusalem from the Turks
What was Christianity doing at the time?
Church had it’s own court system and religious people were educated and educated others
What were we exposed to during the Crusades?
Arabic Culture, Chivalry, Math and Science, Commercial Trade
What war was between England and France?
100 Year’s War
Why was the 100 Year’s war fought?
British were unwilling to give up French territories
Who was the War of the Roses between?
House of York and House of Lancaster-a civil feud between groups of people fighting within a country
What was the disease that killed ___ people?
Black Death (Bubonic Plague) 1/3 of population
What two types of literature were popular?
Poems and Drama
What theme was popular in literature?
Romance-chivalry
What are ballads?
poems meant to be sung
Who write ballads?
Anonymous
What everyday subjects are written about?
disappointed love, jealousy, sensational things
What is the rhyme scheme?
abcb
What two types of dramas are there and what are they about?
Miracle-Biblical stories acted out on the backs of wagons
Morality-about morals (good and bad) (virtues and vices)
Most famous morality play of this time
Every Man
