Background
Medieval England
Medieval Church
English Language
Wildcard
100
1100-1500
What are the Middle Ages?
100
In addition to the growth of towns, in 1348 an epidemic of this disease contributed to the decline of feudalism.
What is the Bubonic Plague (also called "Black Death")?
100
This man is known for translating the first Bible into English.
Who is John Wycliff?
100
The English language was largely standardized by this year.
What are the 1500's?
100
This man is considered the Father of English Literature.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
200
This important document was signed in 1215 and limited royal privileges and began a trend leading to the end of royal power
What is the Magna Carta ?
200
This man traveled extensively throughout Europe and studied the literature of France and Italy, and wrote his famous tales in the language of the common people rather than the educated clergy and royals.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
200
This man needed the protection of the ruling barons for the following reasons: 1. Defying papal authority. 2. Criticizing the luxury of the monasteries.
Who is John Wycliffe?
200
The language spoken by the common people and the displaced English royalty.
What is Anglo-Saxon (Germanic English)?
200
This invention is responsible for the unification of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax in the English language
What is the printing press?
300
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.
Who is William the Conqueror?
300
These men were the descendants of the Viking invaders of Northwestern France. They were also militarily aggressive in battle, skilled in the marketplace, and shrewd in the courtroom.
Who were the Normans?
300
This is the language of "learning," spoken by the educated,the church clergy, and members of the legal profession.
What is Latin?
300
The language the aristocratic ruling class in England (the Normans).
What is French?
300
The lower-class freemen and permanent slaves of the Norman lords.
Who were the serfs?
400
The disappearance of written literature for about one century (100 yrs).
What did the Norman invasion mean for English literature?
400
This king introduced legal reforms and encouraged the development of Parliament, a representative body that became an official part of the government in 1295.
Who is Edward I?
400
These are the reasons this institution was so powerful : 1. Owned vast tracks of land. 2. Maintained its own legal system of lawyers. 3. Collected its own taxes (tithes). 4. Communicated with church leaders in Rome (and elsewhere on the continent), without consulting the king.
What is the Church of England?
400
The first king (since the Norman invasion) that spoke English as his mother tongue.
Who is King Henry IV?
400
A system of reciprocal loyalties in which a feudal king owned all of the land and distributed it in exchange for their loyalty, service, & obedience.
What is the feudal system?
500
The English battle at which the Norman Duke William the Conqueror won a decisive victory in the year 1066.
What is the The Battle of Hastings?
500
This type of king exchanged tracts of land to his loyal followers in exchange for service and obedience.
What is a feudal king?
500
These contributed to the political decline of this institution in the Middle Ages: -Social and economic changes within the country. -A series of popes allied with continental princes undermining respect for the church within the -English classes. -Scandals and abuses of power among the Bishops & Cardinals, clerical privilege, and internal feuding.
What are the reasons for the decline of power for the Church of England?
500
The language of Geoffrey Chaucer.
What is middle English?
500
Towns became centers for exporting wool for cloth. Merchants and townspeople began to organize for social, political and religious needs. Buildings and churches required skilled craftsmen, providing many jobs. Some towns had schools, becoming sources of education.
What caused the decline of feudalism?
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