Medieval Europe 1
The religion the vast majority of people believed...
What is Christianity?
The three aspects of Medieval Europe that spread the plague...
What are:
1. Ocean Trade
2. Migration of People
3. Crowded Cities
This increased between Europe and Asia because of the Crusades...
What is Trade?
These two new technologies caused the downfall of Knights...
What are Longbows and Guns?
Pope Urban II called this war in order to gain back the Holy Land from Muslims...
What are the Crusades?
A political and social system of the Middle Ages in which powerful nobles gave land to lesser nobles in exchange for service and loyalty...
What is Feudalism?
In Medieval Europe, monks lived here to practice a life of prayer, worship, and study...
What is a Monastery?
William the Conqueror was from here...
What is Normandy, France?
These are the 4 social classes in Medieval Europe...
What are:
King (Monarchy)
Lord (Noble)
Knights (Vassal)
Peasants & Serf
The benefit on goods from guilds...
What is increase of quality?
Peasants who lived and worked on the land belonging to a lord or vassal...
What are Serfs?
The plague was caused by...
What are fleas on rats?
These are the two types of guilds and the groups they represented...
What are:
Merchant guilds (Traders)
Artisan guilds (Crafters/Makers)
This historic document that stated no one (even the King) was exempt from the law was named...
What is the Magna Carta?
This group held social events, like fairs and festivals, to influence peoples daily lives...
What is The Catholic Church.
Nobles who received land and money in exchange for their loyalty, protection and service...
What are Knights?
Roughly this much of the population was killed by the plague...
What is 1 third (33%)?
This geographic feature played a key role in trade and communication throughout Europe...
What are Rivers?
Kings being able to tax the people directly allowed them to gain these two things...
What is wealth & power?
This ancient society fell that allowed the Middle ages to begin...
What is The Roman Empire?
The positions you had to work in before becoming a knight:
What is a Page and Squire?
Peasants move to here, helping bring the downfall of Feudalism...
What are Towns & Cities?
This new technology caused the downfall of castles...
What are Cannons?
These buildings acted primarily as strong defenses for Lords and provided oversight of the nearby area?
Castles
This group held the power to excommunicate someone, giving them great political power...
What is the Catholic Church?