Major Players
Shady Business
Terms
Ideals
The Church
100
This man brought Christianity to the Franks
Clovis
100
These people were tied to the land and could not leave
Surfs
100
The gradual decline of the Roman Empire ushered in an era of European History
Middle Ages
100
Meaning “Great Charter” the people forced King John to sign it to guarantee certain basic political rights to the people
Magna Carta
100
Religious communities where religious men called monks lived
Monasteries
200
In 1429 a teenaged French girl felt moved by god to rescue France from its English conquers. She was known as this.
Joan of Arc
200
A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials
Lay Investiture
200
Set of Rules From one Family
Dynasty
200
Political system in which nobles granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king in return for loyalty and military service
Feudal System
200
Pope Urban called for these “holy wars” which became known as these
Crusades
300
He won the battle of Tours in 732. If it wasn’t for this man halting the Muslims, Islam would of been the worlds most practiced religion
Charles Martel
300
A Church Tax
Tithe
300
Under this new system, farmers could grow crops on two-thirds of their land each year, not just half of it
Three-Field System
300
A complex set of Ideals, demanded that a knight fight bravely for defense of three masters; his feudal lord, heavenly lord, and lady
Chivalry
300
All the medieval Christians, kings and peasants alike were subject to church law, known as this
Cannon Law
400
When the last Capetian king died without a successor, England’s ________________ , grandson of Phillip IV, claimed the right to the French throne. The war that Edward III launched for that throne became continues on and off from 1337 to 1453. It became known as the Hundred Years War
Edward III
400
Unify their country under Christianity and increase their power Isabella and Ferdinand made use of
The Inquisition
400
Game that was used to help knights build mental abilities and practice strategy
Chess
400
Mock battle fought by knights. It was also the preferred choice of entertainment for kings
Tournaments
400
Monks used this technique to copy texts. They thought that the brightly lit letters would attract people, and more people would begin to read
Illumination
500
When Pepin the short died in 786, he left a greatly strengthened Frankish kingdom to his two sons. Carloman and Charles. Charles was known better as this.
Charlemagne
500
Bishops sold positions in the church, a practice known as
Simony
500
During the 1300s an epidemic struck parts of Asia, North Africa, and Europe.
Bubonic Plague
500
The long effort for the Spanish to drive the Muslims out of Spain became known as this.
Reconquista
500
The beginning of the split of the Catholic Church became known as this
Great Schism
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