Unit 1 Section 2 Flashcards
Castle
Stone building built for protection
Keep
Tall tower with thick walls for protection (6 months of survival)
Ladies
Nobles woman who married at the age of 12
Palisades
A fence of wooden stakes that was later stone
Portcullis
An iron gate that served as an entrance to the castle
Moat
Water surrounding a castle to keep people out
Siege
Army around a place or city to wait them out to up to 6 months
What activities took place inside the nobles house?
Chess and held court
How did the design of the castle protect people?
Thick walls
What were some duties of a feudal noble woman? By what age were woman often married
12 years old to get married, supervise the castle, raises a family, and runs the states.
How is the game in chess reflected on the nobles
Strategy’s
How did castles become more defensive in the 13th century
The keep
What changes were made to the keep in the 13th century
Castles were built off of cliffs
Plebeians
Lower class in Rome
Patricians
Highest class in Rome
Pax Romana
Roman peace lasted 200 years
Two things the Romans were good at
Engineering and war
Danelaw
Eastern England, Viking territory
raids
A group of Vikings that would fight
Monastery
A place they were attacked
first target
Scandinavia
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Longships/Dragonships advantages
They went fast and went frontward and backwards
Valhalla
Viking heaven
Feudalism
Government by landowning nobles
Clergy
Religious leader
Fiefs
A piece of land gifted
Vassal
Noble served with higher rank
Knight
Warrior on horseback
Castle
By building for protection
Keep
Last line of defense
Ladies
Lords wife
Arranged
Forced, picked for you
Code of chivalry
Knights rules had to follow
Page
7 year old knight in training
Squire
15 year old higher then the page, training under the knight
Dubbing
The act of a squire Turing into a knight
Tournament
Games to prove yourself and have honor
Jousting
Game on horseback
Lance
Tool used in jousting
Quintain
Jousting dummy
Manor
Peasants housing
Seneschal
The noble choose to to look after
His fief
Bailiff
Making sure the peasants did their job
Freeman
Peasants that pay the Lord the right to farm
Serf
Peasants pay in crops
Charles Martel
Founder of feudalism
Because people feared the Vikings they gave up all rights to feel
Safe and protected
What social class was rewarded with land starting feudalism
Knight
3 defenses of a castle
Murder holes, port cullis, and moat
3 responsibilities of a vassal
Give up their life if Lord needed, train with the Lord, give gifts for children
Three different is between a page and a squire
Weapons, respect, squire went into battle.
How does one become a night?
Proving themselves in battle/earning through dubbing
Explain the purpose of tournaments
Get a name for yourself, keep skills sharp.
What are some differences between a serf and a Freeman?
Freeman have own piece of land, surf on Lord’s land
What happened after Charlemaine’s death?
No government/Europe splits
Three similarities between the samurai and knights
Codes of arms, training and childhood, gunpowder ruined
Difference between samurai and knights
Armor, weapons, woman rights
