Responsibilities Flashcards

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How do you become a lord or lady if you weren’t born into it

A

You don’t

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What would be in a lords house

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Beautiful things tapestry art fore place beds stone houses maybe a falcon

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What are the three courts

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Manor royal church

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Manor court:

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Deals with small disputes
Serfs can sue other serfs
Manor court while village gathers stew and representative of the lord

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Royal court

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Deals with murder and treason uses common law ( same laws around the kingdom) can order executions and excommunications

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Church court

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Lighter sentences more lenient

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What court sentence was reserved for only nobles

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A battle to the death of your a woman you send a champion in your place

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What did some people sue

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Rats

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9
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What are two types of trial

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Trial by ordeal trial by battle

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10
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Examples of tried by ordeal

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Torture methods
Swallow poison
Walk on coals
Carry hot metal

If you were a woman and you survived you would be called a witch

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Trial by death

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Battling to the death reserved for nobles

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What does excommunicated mean

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Kicked out of the church the worst sentence ever basically meant to them that you were going to hell

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What was the only religious institution

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Catholic

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People think that king herold defeat happened ….. why?

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His people thought because of all there sins it was gods consequence

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15
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What does ecclesiastical mean

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Church life

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16
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What was church life like

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Hamlets became monks women began nuns
Church offers education
New members took a vow of poverty chaverty and obedience

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17
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What kind of THINGS did they believe in

18
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What were woman’s rights

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They had none they were owned my their father then when married their husbands

19
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Why did many people not know about the outside world

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90% of the population were peasants and couldn’t leave or were to busy also maps wee rare and un accurate also there was a high chance they would be robbed

20
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Why was travel so dangerous

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Because outlaws were very common and outlaws probably hated nobles so they wouldn’t hesitate to kill them

21
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What steps would have to be made to prevent from being robbed

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Travelling in groups and all carrying weapons

22
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Why did nobles know more about the outside world

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because if when they visited relatives or other nobles but still many of them had little knowledge

23
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What is the Silk Road

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A trade route that went all the way to China

24
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Why could Europeans travel it

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Because king Chingis conquerd much of Asia including China

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What European made the Silk Road famous
Marco Nicolas son
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What were the crusades
When Christians fought Muslims for holy ground
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Where did crusades take place
On holy ground such as where Jesus died and came. Back
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What motivates Europeans to go to the crusades
It would guarantee a place in heaven for them
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What did knight fight for during the crusades
They were hoping to win fief
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How many crusades were there
7
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What are two long term consequences of the crusades
It sparked trade in Europe and expanded there knowledge leading to the renaissance They wee also introduced to figs Silk Silk worms spices and new varieties of fruits such as plums and figs
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Who drove the crusaders out
The Muslim leader sultan Saladin and the strength of all Muslims
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What made the balance to power
The feudal contract had powers to change laws to collect taxes choose advisers give titles and estates it was not limited but the king had to obey it
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What are three things elinor did
Joined the second crusade gave both to 2 kings and told them to rebel against their father Spent 16 YRS in prison believed in equality for sexes dressed in armour
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Who was elinor
Queen of France and England
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Who was king john
A villain
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What were some things king john did
Tortured barons relatives Lost support of his people when he quarrelled with the pope raised the tax He also made it so his people couldn't be baptized married or any other service properly because he was interdicted
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True or false king john was excommunicated
True
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True or false king john was a nincompoop
True
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When was the magma carta
1214
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What was the Magna Carta
When john was rebelled by everyone and the church rose up against him then barons forced him to a meadow making him put his seal in the Magna Carta which meant he would respect rights of English people taxes wouldn't be raised without parliament and no one could be thrown in prison without trial this was a huge step in democracy