THE MIDDLE AGES Flashcards
So what comes to mind when we say “Middle Ages?”
KNIGHTS
CASTLES
FEUDAL WARFARE
CHIVALRY-CODE OF HONOR
VIKINGS
JOUATING TOURNAMENTS
INVADERS AND RAIDERS
Code of law
CHIVALRY-CODE OF HONOR
- Invade Norway Sweden denmark
- _______people know as nors people
Vikings
- MAKES LIFE DANGEROUS
INVADERS AND RAIDERS
Generally referring to the same period of time from 500 to 1500 AD. That’s 1000 years.
MEDIEVAL TIMES, MIDDLE AGES, AND DARK AGES
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
MECHANICAL ARTILLERY
__________ were used in the Crusades by the 1120s,
Byzantium by the 1130s and in the Latin West by the 1150s
Trebuchets
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).
Longbow
First hand-held
mechanical cross-bow.
This European innovation
came with several different
cooking aids to enhance
draw power
STEEL CROSSBOW
Appeared by the end of the 14th century. The armour chain mail was made from thousand of metal rings
COMPLETE FULL PLATE ARMOUR
is considered best in personal armour “hauberk”
Plate armour
Important In cultivation of
rich, heavy, often most
sales advance. Northern
Europe advance their
agricultural practices
Heavy plough (5th-8th)
Went through multiple evolutions that from 60’s-go’s
centuries.
It allowed more horse pulling power, such as with heavy ploughs
Horse collar (6th-9th)
Artesian wells are named for Artois in France, where the first was drilled by __________ in 1126.
Carthusian monks
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
WHEEL-BARROW