Who's Got the Power
This was land given in exchange for loyalty and service.
What is a fief?
This religion dominated Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is Christianity (Catholicism)?
This type of trial involved fighting to determine innocence.
What is trial by combat?
These were a series of military expeditions from parts of Europe to the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
What are the Crusades?
These events helped increase trade with Asia.
What are the Crusades?
These insects spread the disease from rats to humans.
What are fleas?
This group worked the land and provided services on the manor in exchange for shelter and protection.
Who are peasants (or serfs)?
These people copied and preserved important texts in monasteries.
Who are monks?
This court handled small crimes like theft or disputes.
What is the manor court?
Castles were built out of this material to provide maximum defence against attackers.
What is stone?
These organizations controlled quality, prices, and training in towns.
What are guilds?
This method involved isolating people to stop the spread.
What is quarantine?
This agreement required nobles to serve the king in exchange for land.
What is the feudal contract (feudalism)?
This was the 10% tax paid to the Church.
What is a tithe?
This document limited the power of the English king in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
This was the code of honour that every knight swore to uphold, based on personal values.
What is Code of Chivalry?
This class grew as trade expanded in medieval towns.
What is the middle class?
This type of plague caused swelling in the lymphnodes.
What is Bubonic Plague?
This was the basis of wealth in medieval Europe.
What is land.
This punishment removed a person from the Church.
What is excommunication?
This type of law was based on tradition and past decisions.
What is common law?
This weapon is powerful and deadly, with the downside of it taking a long time to load.
What is a crossbow?
This traveler helped expand trade between Europe and Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
This was one major social effect of the Black Death.
What is labour shortage or decline of feudalism?
This system made manors mostly independent and able to produce what they needed.
What is a self-sufficient manor system?
This leader claimed authority over all rulers in 1198.
Who is Pope Innocent III?
This king was forced to sign the Magna Carta due to his abuse of power.
Who is King John?
This young French leader helped turn the Hundred Years War in France’s favour.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This allowed towns to govern themselves.
What is a charter?
This bacterium caused the plague.
What is Yersinia pestis?