section 1
The early middle ages
section 2
Feudalism and the manor economy
section 3
The medieval church
section 4
Economic recovery sparks change
vocabulary
100
civilization, from the Latin words for "middle ages"
What is medieval
100
a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholding among lesser lords
What is feudalism
100
used by monasteries and convents across Europe
What is Benedictine rule
100
The merchants who set up a new town asked the local lord, or the king himself
What is charter
100
money for investment, stimulated the growth of banking houses
What is capital
200
rallied frankish warriors
What is charles martel
200
pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord
What is vassals
200
authority over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors
What is papal supremacy
200
First, merchant and artisans formed associations
What is guilds
200
church developed its own body of laws
What is canon law
300
The grandson of charles martel, and became king of the franks
What is charlemagne
300
estate
What is fief
300
wealthy Italian man
What is st. Francis of Assisi
300
trainee, to a guild master
What is apprentice
300
an order excluding an entire town, region, kingdom from receiving most sacraments and christian burial
What is interdict
400
settled in present-day Hungary
What is magyars
400
mounted warrior
What is knight
400
monks who did not live in isolated monasteries, took a different approach reform
What is friar
400
salaried workers
What is journeymen
400
wandering musicians, sang about brave deeds of knight and their devotion to their lady lovers
What is Troubadours
500
broke the last threads of unity in Charlemagne's empire
What is vikings
500
knights adopted a code of conduct
What is Chivalry
500
a spanish priest, founded the Dominican order of friars
What is St. Dominic
500
who paid rent for their land, or hired farm laborers
What is tenant farmer
500
732, christian warriors triumphed
What is battle of tours
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