Feudalism
Who becomes a vassal
A less rich lord who gets land from a more wealthy lord
Merchants set up their goods to sell to the people in the town at a _____________ ____________
Trade Fair
What religion were all the people that lived in the Middle Ages
Catholic
.Which Germanic tribe invaded England?
Anglo-Saxons
What event started the middle ages
The Fall of Rome
What does the vassal promise the Lord
to fight for him and to pay the ransom if needed
What kinds of goods were merchants able to sell to people now that they were trading with the Byzantine Empire
silks, spices, fine cloths, sugar
Who is the head of the Catholic Church
the Pope
Document that nobles forced the King to sign in 1215; limited power of the king and gave rights to people
Magna Carta
This means to exclude a person from church membership
excommunicate
Speaking against church beliefs
heresy
The land that is given to a vassal is called a __________
fief
Who was the keeper of the coins that merchants used from one area to another
money changers
In Germany/Italy who did the pope crown as "Emperor of the Romans"
Otto the Great
The English battle at which the Normans won the victory of England.
Battle of Hastings
The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Otto the Great
The name of Ancient France.
Gaul
Who does the feudal lord have fighting as soldiers for him (not the vassal)
knights
Money changers became what later on?
Bankers
After Otto was crowned emperor, the empire was called the..
Holy Roman Empire
These men were the descendants of the Viking invaders of Northwestern France. They defeated the Anglo-Saxons in England. What was their land in France called
Normandy
Compare the monarchy of France with that of England
France had an absolute monarchy
England had a limited monarchy
Nickname for the crusading King Richard I
Richard the Lionhearted
a knight was held to behave in a certain way. This was called the code of ____________
chivalry
How did the money changers, or the bankers make money for themselves
they loaned other peoples money to people who needed money and the bankers collected interest
In order to take back control of choosing the pope, the Church started a new order of clergy called...
Cardinals
The man who won a decisive victory now called the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and claimed every inch of English soil belonged to him.
William the Conqueror
The system of the Church to determine whether an individual professes heresy.
Inquisition
What justice system began to replace Trial by Combat and Trial by Ordeal and made the court system more fair
Common Law
Trial by Jury
Where did the feudal lord live
in the castle in the village usually on a hill
What did the craftsmen organize so as to keep control of the products they made and sold
Guilds
Who stood outside of the Pope's castle in the snow asking for forgiveness
Henry IV
This monarch, who ruled from 871-899 A.D., stopped the advance of the Vikings into England
Alfred the Great
Why was it called the Holy Roman Empire
Was called holy because the empire had the popes support and was called Roman because Charlemagne, had held the title Emperor of the Roman People
What were the two main reasons towns began to grow again in the Medieval Ages?
Trade
Inventions in Agriculture
Population growth
The economic system of the feudal middle ages was the _______________system
Manorial
What were some of the rules of the guilds
Same prices charged
Same wages made
Same quality of goods
Same hours worked
What meeting did the Church hold that forced the king to give the church the right to choose their own bishops and the king could still give the bishops land and money
Concordat of Worms
Which English king was forced to sign the Magna Carta and give up some of his power to the nobles?
King John II
This House of English parliament held the nobles and church lords.
The House of Lords
The people who worked or the lord were called
serfs
How did one become a master craftsman
(give me the steps)
Apprentice
Journeyman
master
This group of people wanted to live a religious life without the seclusion of a monastery
Name two of the new orders
Friars
Dominicans
Franciscans
Representative body that included members of the middle class as well as the nobles and clergy
Parliament