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Key Terms/People
100
An estate.
What is a fief?
100
The grandson of Charles Martel; he briefly united Western Europe when he built an empire stretching across France and Germany.
Who is Charlemagne?
100
A farmer who paid rent for his land.
What is a tenant farmer?
100
Money for investment.
What is capital?
100
Farmers and expert sailors from Scandinavia who raided European river towns starting in the late 700s.
Who are the Vikings?
200
A mock battle fought by knights.
What is a tournament?
200
A wealthy Italian who gave up his comfortable life and founded the first order of friars.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
200
Relating to the culture of Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is medieval?
200
A loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords.
What is feudalism?
200
Nomadic people who overran Eastern Europe and parts of Western Europe after A.D. 900.
Who are the Magyars?
300
Peasant on a manor.
What is a serf?
300
A Frankish leader who rallied warriors to push Muslims out of France.
Who is Charles Martel?
300
Authority of the pope over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors.
What is papal supremacy?
300
A monk who traveled and preached to the poor.
What is a friar?
300
Wandering musicians.
Who are the troubadours?
400
An association of merchants or artisans.
What is a guild?
400
King of the Franks who established a kingdom in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman empire.
Who is Clovis?
400
The penalty of forbidding someone from receiving the sacraments or a Christian burial.
What is excommunication?
400
A mounted warrior.
What is a knight?
400
A trainee.
What is an apprentice?
500
The body of laws developed by the Church.
What is canon law?
500
A monk who instituted very strict rules for monastic life.
Who is Benedict?
500
Nonreligious; having to do with the worldly, rather than the religious.
What is secular?
500
A code of conduct adopted by knights which required them to be brave, loyal, and true to their word.
What is chivalry?
500
A salaried worker.
What is a journeyman?
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