Spread of Christianity
This language became the official language of the Church in the West.
What is Latin?
Most people in feudal society belonged to this social group.
What are peasants?
The leader of the Christian Church was this person.
Who is the pope?
The Crusades focused on retaking this holy city.
What is Jerusalem?
A seigneury usually included farmland, housing, and this defensive structure.
What is a castle?
This event in 476 marked the beginning of the Middle Ages.
What is the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
A person who received land was called this.
What is a vassal?
People traveled to holy places on these religious journeys.
What are pilgrimages?
Approximately this many people died during the Crusades.
What is 3 million?
Peasants were given these by the lesser seigneurs to live on.
What is a tenure?
The First Christian Roman Emperor
Who is Constantine I
A person who granted land to another person was called this.
What is a suzerain?
The Church used art like frescoes and stained glass for this purpose.
What is teaching religious stories/Bible stories?
The Crusades increased this economic activity between Europe and the Muslim world.
What is trade?
Common facilities that peasants had to pay money to use. (name two)
What are Bridges, mills, ovens, presses?
In 380, this emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Who is Theodosius I?
Peasants paid this religious tax to the Church.
What is the tithe?
Scholars who contradicted Church teachings could receive this punishment of being banned from the Church.
What is excommunication?
This pope called for the First Crusade in 1095.
Who is Pope Urban II?
This system organized medieval society through loyalty and land exchange.
What is feudalism?