Feudalism
The majority of people living in the middle ages were of the social class
What are peasants/serfs
What the Magna Carta translates to...
What is "Great Charter"
What it means to be excommunicated
What is banned from all church activities, sacraments, salvation.
Total number of Crusades
What is 8
The age young boys began their training to become a Knight
What is age 7
The name of the large land grant given out by the King
What is a fief
The name of the King and the year it was signed
What is King John and 1215
Men who devoted themselves to God were called this _______ often lived in ______
What are monks /monasteries
The slogan of the Crusades...
What is "God Wills It"
He claimed himself King of England on Christmas morning 1066 AD and created a Doomsday Book to collect a census of his kingdom to ensure better tax collections...
William the Conqueror
Nobles divided their land among the lesser nobility, who became their
What are vassals
Two reasons the Magna Carta was needed
What is King's abuse of power (his refusal to follow the law) and his heavy taxing of the people
Women who devoted themselves to god often became _____________ and lived in ___________
What is Nuns, Convents
Which Crusade was the only successful (temporarily) one/ why?
What is the 1st Crusade, captured Seljuk Turks off guard
The English King who had a bitter dispute with archbishop Thomas Beckett over the right to try clergy in royal courts.
Who was Henry II
Each manor was largely self-sufficient which means...
What is all the growing or producing all of the basic items needed for food, clothing, and shelter could be done on the Manor
Habeas Corpus refers to
What is the right to know why you are arrested and put on trial
The name of the Pope who called upon men women and children to fight in the Crusades...
Who is Pope Urban II
The goal of the Crusades...
What is reconquer the holy land of Jerusalem from the Turks and put it under Christian control
The three stages/ages of becoming a Knight- in order
What is Paige 7, Squire 14, Knight 21
Explain feudalism and the main reason for establishing the feudal system in the Middle Ages...
Decentralized form of government based on mutual obligations. Monarchs were too weak to protect everyone from invaders
In order to prevent the King from discarding the document, barons and nobles added this clause to the Magna Carta...which means
What is a Security Clause- nobles could seize the kings property if he broke the law
People that spoke out against the Catholic Church were called...
What are Heretics
List the results and 3 major effects of the Crusades
Students must be thorough in their responses.
See notes on Crusades (8.3)
In 1122 the Church and the Holy Roman Empire compromised with this treaty which declared the Church had the sole power to elect and invest bishops with spiritual authority.
Concordat of Worms