Unit 6 Flashcards
Which half did the Dark Ages effect?
Western
Roman Empire split into two parts, what are their names?
Western and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe became?
The Byzantine Empire
Western Europe fell apart…?
Unorganized, uneducated, and poor
The _ became the only organized institution in Europe at this time
The Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy?
People-priest-Bishop-arch Bishop- pope
Had rules that every Christian in Europe followed
The Roman Catholic Church
What does “heresy” mean?
Speaking out against the church
What does “excommunication” mean?
Being kicked out of the church
Frankish kingdom became an organized and powerful kingdom state
No answer just a statement
What did the Frankish kingdom begin?
Feudalism
What does “feudalism” mean?
A local organizing system with power based on land ownership.
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Charlemagne
What was feudalism based on?
Land ownership and binding obligations between Lords and Vassals
What helped get Europe organized again?
Feudalism
Everyone was placed into a _ and had to stay there.
Social class
What did the lord do?
Made all the rules acted as the judge and jury. He was the government
What did everyone get during feudalism?
What they needed
What does “manorialism” mean?
The basis for a feudal economy
What was manorialism based on?
Self-sufficient manor (land that a lord owned)
What were the crusades?
Holy wars fought between the Christians and Muslims for control of the holy land (Jerusalem)
How many crusades were there?
4
What did the crusades help the Europeans do?
Become more educated and increased their wealth
What did the Europeans learn from the crusades?
Muslim ideas and found the old Greek and roman learning
What were the Europeans introduced to during the crusades?
Cotton, silk, spices, coloring dyes, foods
What helped end feudalism
Crusades
Battle of tours was?
The Christians stopping Muslim invasion of Europe
Battle of Hastings was
Norman’s beat the Anglo-Saxons
Hundred year war was fought between
England and french
What war was the longbow first used?
Hundred year war
What ended the use of Knights on horseback
The longbow
What was introduced to European warfare during the hundred year war?
Cannons, gunpowder
Castles were no longer useful for defense during after the _ started being used
Cannon
What was the “Black Death”
A form of plague that spread quickly and killed many Europeans
Serfs became scarce because of _
The Black Death
Serfs could buy there freedom and got paid for their work (by lords) because of _
The Black Death
