THE MIDDLE AGES Flashcards

1
Q

So what comes to mind when we say “Middle Ages?”

A

KNIGHTS
CASTLES
FEUDAL WARFARE
CHIVALRY-CODE OF HONOR
VIKINGS
JOUATING TOURNAMENTS
INVADERS AND RAIDERS

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2
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Code of law

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CHIVALRY-CODE OF HONOR

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3
Q
  • Invade Norway Sweden denmark
  • _______people know as nors people
A

Vikings

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4
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  • MAKES LIFE DANGEROUS
A

INVADERS AND RAIDERS

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5
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Generally referring to the same period of time from 500 to 1500 AD. That’s 1000 years.

A

MEDIEVAL TIMES, MIDDLE AGES, AND DARK AGES

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6
Q

Gravity powers these
weapons revolutionized
medieval siege weapons by use of counterweights
allowing it to hurl huge stones very long distances. It was first used in the eastern Mediterranean basin

A

MECHANICAL ARTILLERY

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7
Q

__________ were used in the Crusades by the 1120s,
Byzantium by the 1130s and in the Latin West by the 1150s

A

Trebuchets

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8
Q

The ______ was powerful, accurate and contributed to the eventual demise of the
medieval knight class. It was used by the English against the French during the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453).

A

Longbow

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9
Q

First hand-held
mechanical cross-bow.
This European innovation
came with several different
cooking aids to enhance
draw power

A

STEEL CROSSBOW

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10
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Appeared by the end of the 14th century. The armour chain mail was made from thousand of metal rings

A

COMPLETE FULL PLATE ARMOUR

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11
Q

is considered best in personal armour “hauberk”

A

Plate armour

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12
Q

Important In cultivation of
rich, heavy, often most
sales advance. Northern
Europe advance their
agricultural practices

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Heavy plough (5th-8th)

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13
Q

Went through multiple evolutions that from 60’s-go’s
centuries.

It allowed more horse pulling power, such as with heavy ploughs

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Horse collar (6th-9th)

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14
Q

Artesian wells are named for Artois in France, where the first was drilled by __________ in 1126.

A

Carthusian monks

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15
Q

Useful in construction,
mining, and farming.

___________appeared
in stories and pictures
between 1170 and 1250
in North- western Europe.

First depiction in a drawing in the 13th century

A

WHEEL-BARROW

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