Responsibilities Flashcards
How do you become a lord or lady if you weren’t born into it
You don’t
What would be in a lords house
Beautiful things tapestry art fore place beds stone houses maybe a falcon
What are the three courts
Manor royal church
Manor court:
Deals with small disputes
Serfs can sue other serfs
Manor court while village gathers stew and representative of the lord
Royal court
Deals with murder and treason uses common law ( same laws around the kingdom) can order executions and excommunications
Church court
Lighter sentences more lenient
What court sentence was reserved for only nobles
A battle to the death of your a woman you send a champion in your place
What did some people sue
Rats
What are two types of trial
Trial by ordeal trial by battle
Examples of tried by ordeal
Torture methods
Swallow poison
Walk on coals
Carry hot metal
If you were a woman and you survived you would be called a witch
Trial by death
Battling to the death reserved for nobles
What does excommunicated mean
Kicked out of the church the worst sentence ever basically meant to them that you were going to hell
What was the only religious institution
Catholic
People think that king herold defeat happened ….. why?
His people thought because of all there sins it was gods consequence
What does ecclesiastical mean
Church life
What was church life like
Hamlets became monks women began nuns
Church offers education
New members took a vow of poverty chaverty and obedience
What kind of THINGS did they believe in
Relics
What were woman’s rights
They had none they were owned my their father then when married their husbands
Why did many people not know about the outside world
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
Why was travel so dangerous
Because outlaws were very common and outlaws probably hated nobles so they wouldn’t hesitate to kill them
What steps would have to be made to prevent from being robbed
Travelling in groups and all carrying weapons
Why did nobles know more about the outside world
because if when they visited relatives or other nobles but still many of them had little knowledge
What is the Silk Road
A trade route that went all the way to China
Why could Europeans travel it
Because king Chingis conquerd much of Asia including China
What European made the Silk Road famous
Marco Nicolas son
What were the crusades
When Christians fought Muslims for holy ground
Where did crusades take place
On holy ground such as where Jesus died and came. Back
What motivates Europeans to go to the crusades
It would guarantee a place in heaven for them
What did knight fight for during the crusades
They were hoping to win fief
How many crusades were there
7
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
Who drove the crusaders out
The Muslim leader sultan Saladin and the strength of all Muslims
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
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
Who was elinor
Queen of France and England
Who was king john
A villain
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
True or false king john was excommunicated
True
True or false king john was a nincompoop
True
When was the magma carta
1214
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
