Early Middle Ages
Feudalism/Manor
Medieval Church
Economic Recovery
Picture Perfect
100
Frank king that conquered Gaul and converted to Christianity.
Who is Clovis?
100
The estate granted to a vassal from a powerful lord.
What is a fief?
100
Name of Church law.
What is canon law?
100
Type of plow that could carve deep into heavy soil.
What is an iron plow?
100
Director of Charlemagne's Palace School.
Who was Alcuin?
200
First Holy Roman Emperor.
Who was Charlemagne?
200
Code of conduct that required knights to be brave, loyal, and true to their word.
What is chivalry?
200
Rules that guided monastic life.
What is Benedictine Rule?
200
Baltic Sea trading association to protect trading interests.
What is the Hanseatic League?
200
The mythical beast appears on this part of the ship.
What is the prow?
300
The four main tribes that conquered the Roman Empire.
What are the Franks, Goths, Vandals and Saxons?
300
A loosely organized system of rule in which powerful lords divided landholdings among lesser lords.
What is feudalism?
300
Church rituals including baptism and communion.
What are the sacraments?
300
Money for investment that stimulated the growth of banking.
What is capital?
300
Mother of King Richard the Lionheart.
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
400
Officials sent out to check on roads, listen to grievances, and see that justice was done.
What are missi dominici?
400
Number of days that the vassals had to commit to serve and protect the lord.
What is 40 days?
400
Wrote the earliest known history of England.
Who was the Venerable Bede?
400
Peasants who paid rent their land.
What are tenant farmers?
400
References the Lord's home.
What is the demesne?
500
The two expert traders and nomadic tribes that invaded and further broke apart the Holy Roman Empire.
Who are the Magyars and the Vikings?
500
Catapult that could hurl stones up to 600 lbs. up to 1000 feet.
What is a trebuchet?
500
Tax equal to a tenth of their income.
What is a tithe?
500
Middle class associations to protect workers.
What are guilds?
500
A noblewoman who wrote plays, founded an abbey, and composed music.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
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