The Rise of Europe
The High Middle Ages
The Byzantine Empire & Russia
Plague & War
Vocabulary
100
a series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands
What is the CRUSADES
100
___________ developed as a way for medieval societies to protect themselves.
What is Feudalism
100
the capital of the Byzantine empire
What is CONSTANTINOPLE
100
City that was the target for the Crusades.
What is JERSUSALEM
100
a piece of land granted to a vassal by his lord
What is a fief
200
the Frankish leader who conquered the former Roman province of Gaul.
Who is Clovis
200
She led the French against the British in the Hundred Years War. She would be burned at the stake.
Who is JOAN OF ARC
200
a Byzantine emperor determined to revive ancient Rome
Who is JUSTINIAN
200
Group that the knights of the Crusades fought against.
What is the MUSLIMS
200
a document that set out the rights and privileges of a town
What is a charter
300
the English king who signed the Magna Carta
Who is John
300
The _____________ was in 1492 and Queen Isabella, massacred Muslims in newly conquered Granada.
What is Reconquista
300
He sought to limit the power of landowning nobles.
Who is IVAN THE GREAT
300
The two animals most directly responsible for the Bubonic Plague.
What are rats & mosquitos
300
authority over all secular rulers
What is papal supremacy
400
Grandson of Charles Martel, he led the Franks in uniting Western Europe for 46 years.
Who is Charlemagne.
400
Under _________ Rule, monks and nuns took vows of obedience, poverty, and honesty.
What is Benedictine
400
a tsar who decreased the power of the boyars
Who is IVAN THE TERRIBLE
400
Pope who urged the Crusades.
Who is Urban II
400
a peasant bound to the land
What is a serf
500
Pivital battle in France that saw the Christian armies defeat the Muslims in 732CE.
What is THE BATTLE OF TOURS
500
In 1122, the treaty called the ______________ gave the Church the sole power to elect and invest bishops with spiritual authority.
What is Concordat of Worms
500
After the Great Schism, the Byzantine church became known as the _________________
What is Eastern Orthodox Church.
500
Country in Europe that first got the plague in 1347CE.
What is Sicily (or Italy)
500
the everyday languages of ordinary people
What is vernacular
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