Missionaries and Monks
What did missionaries do on a daily basis?
What is they tried to convert people to Christianity?
What is a system of promises that governed relationships between lords and vassals.
What is peasants were farmers that paid knights for use of their land and serfs were tied to the land they lived and could not leave without the lords permission?
What were the dates of the Middle Ages?
What is 500 to 1500 AD?
What was Benedictine Monk allowed to have?
What is only a few simple possessions?
What did monks do on a daily basis?
What is lived apart from society and provided services for their community and the poor or needy?
Why was feudalism created?
What is the nobles needed someone to defend their land from invaders or other kings?
What is a manor?
What is a large estate owned by a knight or lord?
How did Christianity spread through Europe?
What is the work of missionaries and monks?
In what parts of Europe was Christianity common at the beginning of the Middle Ages?
What is places that had been a part of the Roman Empire (Italy and Spain)?
How did monks influence life outside of monasteries and help their community?
What is...
Performed services (give aid to poor/needy)
ran school and copied books
Collected and saved ancient writings
Served as scribes and advisors to local leaders
What was at the heart of feudalism?
What is the ties between lords and vassals?
How did a lord run his manor?
What is...
He punished misbehavior, settled disputes and collected taxes
What is chivalry?
What was a code of honorable behavior for knights?
Why was Saint Patrick important?
What is he converted the Irish to Christianity?
Who was St. Benedict?
Who was an Italian Monk
How could a noble be both a lord and a vassal?
What is a noble could receive land from a lord or king and in turn grant land to a lower-ranking noble.
What is one thing that was a woman's responsibility in medieval society?
What is...
Worked to support families
Ran househould
Supervised servants
Obeyed fathers and husbands
Governed manors when husbands went to war?
What is he spent much of his time at war and defeated many neighboring kingdoms?
How were the feudal systems of Europe and Japan similar?
What is in both societies, lords gave land to people who promised to serve them and fight for them?
What was the Benedictine rule?
What is guidelines that Benedictine Monks had to follow
Why didn't knights farm the land they owned?
What is their peasants farmed the land in exchange for protection?
What did the vassal owe his lord?
What is military service?
What is the feudal society hierarchy?
What is at the top, kings and queens, nobles, then knights, peasants at the bottom?
Why did knights wear coat of arms?
What was for protection and to identify themselves in battle?