Vocabulary
The dominant social system in Europe that involved kings, barons/vassals, knights, and peasants.
Worked on the farm and provided food for people around the kingdom. They had no rights and could never leave the manor.
Peasants
This is evidence that the church controlled the people's lives.
Tax, threat of going to hell.
Fines
What time did people in the medieval age wake up?
Sunrise
Land given to barons.
Fief
The responsibilities of the barons included these duties. (3 minimum)
Pay taxes, collect rent/food, provide soldiers for king, serve on royal council, create money, establish laws, provide housing for the king when he traveled.
The religion followed by Europeans in the medieval age.
The punishment for hunting on royal grounds.
Mutilation
The first thing a noble person would do in the morning.
Wash up, shave
The land that was leased to the baron from the king.
Manor
The barons must do this before receiving land from the king.
Swear an oath of loyalty
These people devoted their lives to the church.
Monks/nuns
The penalty for treason.
Death penalty
A stew made from peas, beans, and onions. Generally enjoyed by the peasantry.
Pottage
Hearth
This person was in charge of the kings court.
Steward
Purgatory
These are the 3 types of trial by ordeal.
These sweet foods enjoyed by peasants were generally grown naturally.
Apples, pears, berries, nuts.
A tax from the church.
Tithe
The people who directly served the pope.
Bishop/Archbishop
This person was viewed as God's representation on Earth.
Pope
The 4 types of punishments you could receive for breaking the law in the medieval age include.
Death penalty, mutilation, shame, fines.
When the nobility (upper class) went to work, they did these things.
Paid bills, collected taxes, hear complaints, check the harvest