Feudalism
What is Feudalism?
A political system based on bonds of loyalty between vassals and lords
What does excommunicated mean?
To exclude a person from church or society
How did Charles the Great earn his name, "Charlemagne"?
His victories in battle
The fierce Norse people from Scandinavia were also known as?
Vikings
What's a fief?
A grant/land to a vassal.
What does serf mean?
Someone that works for the King on a manor
Who was the leader (in charge) of a manor?
A Lord or Knight
Give three countries that were important in Medieval times?
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Ireland, Scotland
What is the Manorial System?
Life on the Manor between a lord and a peasant.
What are knights?
Warriors in armor who fought on horseback.
What kind of authority did priests have?
They controlled land, taxes, behavior, made laws
Where did the Black Death occur in Europe?
England
Charles Martel needed an army to fight the Muslims invading France, so he started giving estates (large farms) to nobles that would be willing to fight for him. The nobles used the resources from the estates to get horses and weapons for the fight. What is this an example of?
Feudalism
Who is a Pope?
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
Who were some Viking gods? Give three.
Odin, Loki, Thor, Freya, Tyr, Njord
What two Eastern European countries had very powerful armies at this time?
Italy (Roman) and Greece (Greek)
What is a vassal?
A noble who served a lord of higher rank.
What was purgatory?
A fictional area between heaven and hell that the church believed people stayed because they were not worthy of heaven yet
What are Cardinals?
What are the names of the 5 oceans and 7 continents?
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