Feudalism
The Church
People
Terms
Misc
100
This was the lowest class in feudal society
What is peasant
100
The highest ranking member of the Catholic Church
What is the Pope
100
Greatest Frankish king; united much of Western Europe
Who is Charlemagne
100
economic, political and social system that dominated the Middle Ages
What is fedualism
100
Warriors from the north who attacked Western Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries
What are vikings
200
someone who owed allegiance to a lord
What is a vassal
200
Trip undertaken for religious purposes
What is a pilgrimage
200
Forced to apologize to Pope Gregory
Who is Henry IV
200
Anyone who is able to grant land and is owed service and loyalty.
What is a lord
200
Region the vikings came from
What is Scandinavia
300
Land granted by a lord
What is a fief
300
The process of removing someone from the church
What is excommunication
300
The first Frankish king to convert to Christianity
Who is Clovis
300
A peasant who was tied to the land
What is a serf
300
The rank below Pope in the Catholic hierarchy
What is cardinal
400
The most educated of the social classes
What is the clergy
400
the most important religious rites in the Catholic Church; includes baptism
What are sacraments
400
Author who wrote famous narrative poem about Christian pilgrims
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer
400
towns would purchase these to acquire independence
What is a royal charter
400
strongest and most influential of "barbarian" groups that settled in Western Europe following the fall of Rome.
What are the Franks
500
The formal pledge of loyalty one would swear to a lord
What is an oath of fealty
500
Famous narrative poem about Christian pilgrams
What is The Canterbury Tales
500
Frankish king who halted Muslim expansion into Europe
Who is Charles Martel
500
an order issued by the pope to close all the churches in an area.
What is an interdict
500
the TWO factors that led to the growth of towns in Medieval Europe
What is agricultural improvements and the revival of trade.
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