Was used to protect against battering rams
Iron Grilles
The black death spread from Asia to Europe by wild pigs.
False
Why were rectangular towers rounded on castles
to deflect missiles
What was the other name for the Black Death
Bubonic Plague
The manor was the Lord’s what?
estate
The Black Death Killed around 25,000,000 people
True
Who did people turn to for order and security in western Europe?
The Church
Enabled farmer to use 2/3 of their 600 acres instead of 1/2
The three field system
A complex set of ideals that Knights were to abide by
Code of Chivalry
The education of a knight started at the age of 12
False
After the death of Charlemagne what was the strongest empire that would rise?
The Holy Roman empire
List the levels of the Feudal system from top of the pyramid to the bottom
King
Lords
Lesser lords
Knights
Peasants
Kings and Peasants were subject to
Canon Law
The lord would provide serfs with housing, strips of farmland, and protection from bandits
True
Who was the best known Medieval King?
Charlemagne
Provided for an economy that was based on farming and being self-sufficient
The manorial system
A German leader allies with the Church and creates the Holy Romany Empire
Otto I
The Black death only lasted 1 year
False
The first Crusade consisted mostly of who
Poor people and serfs
Churches built religious communities called
Monasteries