Vikings
Vikings originated from this peninsula in northern Europe.
What is Scandinavia?
This person aged roughly 14-18 years old could best be described as a knight in training.
What is a squire?
The difference between a slave and a serf can be described as this.
What is a slave is tied to his master while a serf is tied to the land?
This decree issued by Constantine I in 313 AD effectively brought Christianity out of hiding in the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This Holy Roman Emperor was Gregory VII's chief antagonist during the Investiture Contest.
Who was Henry IV?
This invention allowed Vikings to travel great distances both in shallow waters and the open sea.
What is a longship?
The main difference between a medieval knight and honor-bound warriors of other societies was that knights were supposed to emulate the virtues of this religion.
What is Christianity?
This person owned the land on which the serfs resided.
Who is the manor's lord?
This title would refer to a woman who renounces the world in order to live a secluded Christian life of strict discipline.
What is a nun?
Simony can best be described as this.
What is bribing Church officials, particularly to gain high offices in the Church?
Temperatures during this event in Norse mythology were supposed to drop so low that even the gods would freeze.
What is Ragnarok?
This is the name given to a portion of land a lord would give his vassal in exchange for military service.
What is a fief?
Manorialism can trace its origins to the latter years of this empire.
What was the Roman Empire?
This man was said to be the first to bring the monastic movement to Western Europe.
Who is John Cassian?
This best describes lay investiture.
What is the practice of secular rulers "investing" Church leaders with the symbols of their office?
This is the Norse word for "slave".
What is a thrall?
The promise a vassal would make to the lord over him was called this.
What is an oath of fealty?
Alongside serfs, this other group might work the fields of a manor.
What is a free laborer?
Saint Benedict described his monastic rule as...
What is "a little rule for beginners"?
Gregory VII did this to Henry IV twice.
What is excommunicate him?
These elite Norse warriors served as mercenaries and bodyguards in the Byzantine Empire.
Who were the Varangian Guard?
This sporting event also served to train knights for mounted combat.
What is a joust?
This event helped lead to the eventual end of both Feudalism and Manorialism.
What is the Black Death?
Cluniac monasticism emphasized these three things...
What are simplicity of lifestyle, prayer, and mystic contemplation?
This agreement officially ended the Investiture Contest in 1122 AD.
What is the Concordat of Worms?