Fall of the Romans
The Eastern part of the Roman Empire
survived and became _______ Empire
What is Byzantine?
What did Emperor Constantine rename Byzantium
What is Constantinople?
Feudalism Definition
the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty. Prominent element of medieval Christianity and Buddhism.
What is monasticism?
In medieval Europe, land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service.
What is fief?
In the West, Rome’s fall brought about the _______ Ages
What is Middle?
Orthodox Christians did not recognize ______ as the head of church.
What is The Pope?
When did feudalism develop?
What is 5th century?
Political and agricultural system of the peasants in medieval Europe; peasants were dependent on their land and on their lord.
What is manorialism?
Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety, fulfill vows, or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions, such as the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is pilgrimage?
Immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire
The breakdown of commerce and trade. The miles of Roman roads were no longer maintained and the grand movement of goods that was coordinated and managed by the Romans fell apart.
Constantinople- was it a center for trade?
Yes, Constantinople was one of the largest trading hubs in the world
Characteristics of a feudal society
Strict division into social classes, nobility, clergy, peasantry, and, in the later Middle Ages, burgesses.
In medieval Europe, an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord. In Russia some serfs worked as artisans and in factories.
What is surf?
In medieval Europe, a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord.
What is vassal?
The role of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe during the Middle Ages
The Church was the center of life in medieval western Europe.
At first, the official language was Latin, but it was replaced by ______
What is Greek?
Commonalities between the caste system of India and the feudal system in Western Europe.
The Caste and Feudal system both have the same amount of classes. Both the systems have four classes, the Caste systems classes are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishya and Shudras. The Feudal systems classes are the Kings, then Lords, thirdly the Knights, and finally the peasants.
1095-1204 Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.
What is Crusades?
The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head.
What is papacy?
To end chaos: _______ developed the system of feudalism
What is kings, nobles, and peasants?
The Byzantines were united by their own form of Christianity- _______
What is the Eastern Orthodoxy?
Kings offered nobles a grant of land, known as a _____, in exchange for loyalty and service
What is feud or fief?
Controllers of pieces of land that peasants worked in trade for the nobles protection; under the king.
What is nobles?
Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962-1806.
What is Holy Roman Empire?