Quarter 2 Flashcards
What was the trait that the Code of Chivalry was most concerned with?
Loyalty
Who were the most likely to live in a town in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?
Merchants
What was a “Burgher”?
Merchant-leaders of towns in the Middles Ages
What was the Hanseatic League?
Allied group of towns and cities in Central Europe
What invention raised Gothic Architecture to new heights?
Flying butress
Who was the famous Norman conqueror who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
William
What was Lindisfarne?
A monastery - the first major raid of the Vikings
Why did Prince Vladimir I convert to Christianity?
No diet restrictions
Where do we get the name “Russia”?
Land of the red (hair)
Which Pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?
Urban II
What Crusade saw the Christians attack Constantinople? (a Christian city!)
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In 1097, Christian forces conquer the Holy Land and set up what?
Kingdom of Jerusalem
What creature was responsible for the spreading of the Black Death?
Ticks
Where were the first areas to be hit by the plague?
Italy
What is the estimate of deaths to Europeans as a result of the Black Death?
1/3 of Europe
What does the word “Byzantine” mean?
Complex arrangements
What event forced Justinian to rebuild Constantinople?
Sport fans rioted and destroyed the city
What was NOT a power that the Pope possessed?
Appoint the heirs of ruling kings
Which was true of Charlemagne?
Broad and strong, an imposing figure
What is meant by a period of “interregnum”?
Time with no ruling king
What did the Magna Carta ultimately do for the people of England?
Expanded rights to the growing Burgher (commoners) class
How was Joan of Arc killed?
Burned at the stake
Who did Queen Isabella marry? (thereby unifying Spain)
Ferdinand
What city tried to sell itself as the “third Rome”?
Moscow
How did many Western Europeans think the Jews were poisoning them?
Poisoning the wells
In the Decameron, Boccaccio describes the story of ten people fleeing Florence. What are they fleeing?
The plague
What does the Magna Carta say?
No one is above the law
In the 3 field system, what did it mean to be “fallow”?
Left alone
What is the practice of giving all possessions to an eldest son called?
Primogenture
What 2 nations fought in the Hundred Year’s War?
France and England
