The Pyramid of Power
The Rise of Germanic Kingdoms
F, F, V
Castles and Manners
Feudal Life
100
These people were in power during feudalism.
What is the nobles?
100
Loyalty to public government unified this society.
What is Rome?
100
This is a piece of land given to a vassal.
What is a fief?
100
This was a book on Medieval manners.
What is the Babees Book?
100
When the church denies a person the sacraments.
What is excommunication?
200
Who the people looked to for protection
What is the nobles?
200
Germanic government stressed this.
What is loyalty or personal ties?
200
These vassals provided military service to the lord.
Who are knights?
200
Marriages were usually this.
What is arranged?
200
People in Italy looked to the Popes for leadership, as a result they gained this.
What is political power?
300
Who was expected to obey thier lord? (Nobles)
What is the Vassals?
300
The feudal kingdoms had this religion in common.
What is Roman Catholicism?
300
Vassal means this.
What is servant?
300
Castles were sometimes built atop these, so guards could see attackers coming.
What are hills?
300
This King was an elected position.
Who is the Holy Roman Emperor?
400
The person in the system that was not a Vassal
What is the king?
400
This becomes scarce after the fall of Rome? People begin to barter.
What is money?
400
Farmers and peasants relied on nobles for this.
What is protection?
400
This part of the castle was for storage and protection.
What is the keep?
400
Gregory VII excommunicated this king.
Who is Henry IV?
500
Nobles received this from peasants.
What are taxes?
500
Populations shifted from here to here.
What is cities to rural areas?
500
This king converted to Christianity and strengthened the feudal system for the Franks.
Who is Clovis?
500
Running away to a new town and living in it for at least a year and a day.
What is how serfs could gain freedom?
500
When Bishops in eastern Europe refused to recognize the Pope's authority, the church split into these two sects.
What is the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Church?
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