Key terms
What is a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized?
Barbarian
What is a ruler, such as a king or queen?
Monarch/monarchy
What is money paid in exchange for the release of prisoners?
Ransom
What is an organization of people in the same craft or trade?
guild
Who is the bishop of Rome and supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
the Pope
What is a system of organizing people into ranks, with those of higher rank having more power and privileges?
Hierarchy
What is is the medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women?
chivalry
Holy Lands/Jerusalem
What is a person who has learned a particular trade or craft but has not become an employer, or master?
Journeyman
What is the the belief that God gives monarchs the right to rule?
Divine right of Kings
What is the forced separation of one group from the rest of a community?
Segregation
What is land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service?
fief
What did Pope Urban II promise all crusaders?
Guaranteed salvation- go straight to Heaven
What is the difference between Miracle Plays and Mystery Plays?
-Miracle Plays told stories of the lives of saints
-Mystery Plays told stories from the Bible
What is the holy book of the religion of Islam?
Qur'an
What is a skin and nerve disease that causes open sores on the body and can lead to serious complications and death?
Leprosy
What caused the need for the establishment of a feudal hierarchy at the start of the Middle Ages
Barbarian raids & invasions in europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
What spread rampantly towards a specfic community during the middle ages- and crusades?
antisemitism
bubonic plague/the black death
Who is someone whose beliefs contradict the teachings of the church?
a Heretic
What is the principle that accused persons cannot be held in jail without the consent of a court?
habeas corpus
Name three (3) historical events which led to the decline feudalism in the Middle Ages?
The Black Death
the rise of trade
The Hundred Years War
Henry II’s Reforms
What was the end result of the crusades?
Muslim control of Jerusalem with a line of coastale christian terriroties in Palestine- eventually full Muslim control
What impact did the rise of trade and specialized towns have on society in the Middle Ages?
Decline of feudalism
What is the judicial body established by the Catholic Church to combat heresy and other forms of religious error?
Inquisition