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The Latin term for "middle age."
What is Medieval?
Charlemagne tried to revive this learning to help make his capital at Aachen a "Second Rome." By the way, the language is now a "dead" language.
This group, which was mostly made of peasants, were bound to the land they served.
What is a serf?
A series of wars in which Christians battled Muslims for control of Land in the Middle East.
What are the Crusades?
The campaign to drive Muslims from Spain.
What is the Reconquista?
The most destructive raiders to invade Europe. It also means "to raid."
What are Vikings?
Charlemagne extended this major religion into northern Europe.
What is Christianity?
A mounted warrior who is trained from boyhood.
What is a knight?
The only Crusade to be considered "successful."
What is the First Crusade?
A code of conduct for the knights.
What is chivalry?
In 732, Christian warriors viewed this victory as a sign that God was on their side. It was a battle between Christian and Muslims.
What is the Battle of Tours?
He is Charlemagne's grandfather.
Who is Charles Martel?
This land was granted to a lord's vassal and ranged from a few acres to hundreds of square miles.
What is fief?
This area includes Jerusalem and other places where Christians believe Jesus had lived and preached.
What is the Holy Land?
The Frankish king who briefly unified Europe.
Who is Charlemagne?
It is an association of merchants and artisans.
What is a guild?
Charlemagne was able to unit much of this old fallen empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
The heart of the medieval economy.
What is the manor?
The Christians waged wars and campaigns against this monotheistic religion.
What is Islam?
In the late 700s, this group attacked Western Europe from the sea and broke the last threads of unity in Charlemagne's empire.
Who are the Vikings?
A wandering musician-poets who composed their love songs praising the beauty and wit of women throughout the ages?
What is a troubadour?
Charlemagne was crowned and called the "Emperor of the Romans by this pope.
Who is Pope Leo III?
Under this system, the lord of the manor exercised legal and economic power over the peasants who lived on the estate.
What is the manor/manorial system?
This pope provided Christian knights to Byzantine emperor Alexius I.
Who is Pope Urban II?
Different from a peasant because they were legally bound to the land upon which they lived and worked.
What is Serf?