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Who was Hammurabi?
He was a Sumerian emperor (Mesopotamia) who made a written law code. "An eye for an eye".
Who was crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Charlemagne
What is chivalry?
An honor code knights have to follow.
What is the order of the social hierarchy from most powerful to least powerful?
Catholic Church
King
Lords
Knights
Serfs
Who is the head of the Catholic Church?
The Pope.
What was the social hierarchy in Japan?
Emperor
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants
Merchants
To grow the power of the Catholic Church by unifying Western Europe using military conquest.
Bakers provide bread
farmers provide cattle and crops
knights provide military protection
What are 5 things every manor would have?
a catholic church
a fortified wall
a castle
farmland
serfs
a small village
knights
How does the Church maintain their power over all classes in western Europe?
They hold Catholic Church creates laws that must be followed, if not, they tell people they are not going to heaven.
Why does the Roman Empire come to an end in western Europe?
Invasion of the Ostrogoths, weakened military, rebellion, starvation, overtaxation.
What nomadic tribe did Charlemagne rule over?
The Franks.
What possession signified wealth during the Middle Ages?
Who is the highest class that lives on the manor? What is one thing are they responsible for?
The lords. They create laws and carry out taxes.
What is the name of Catholic law?
Cannon Law or Papal Bulls
Roman Catholic- Pope, Latin, focus on Christmas, clergy cannot marry.
Eastern Orthodox- Patriarch, Greek, focus on Easter, clergy can marry.
What was life like in western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
different nomadic tribes controlled small regions of Europe: visogoths, vandals, ostrogoths, franks etc.
What is a fief?
A contract of land.
Why do people live on manors instead of traveling and living in cities?
There is no central government.
People are in constant danger.
Serfs are "tied" to the land .
What is excommunication? What happens if the Pope excommunicates a king?
Excommunication means the Catholic Church cuts off communication to the king and his kingdom. If this happens, the king and his kingdom are kept from heaven.
1. Where did Confucianism originate?
2. Where did Christianity originate?
3. Where did Hinduism originate?
4. Where did Islam originate?
1. China
2. Roman Empire
3. India
4. Arabian Peninsula
Why was the Catholic Church so powerful during the Early Middle Ages?
A noble gives a knight land. Who is the vassal in this exchange? Why?
The knight is the vassal because they receive the land in exchange for their loyalty or military service.
Fortified walls
motes
draw bridges
pipettes on the walls to shoot enemies from
manors were in rural areas, far from other manors.
What is one example of the church abusing its power over the people of Medieval Europe?
Forcing serfs to pay to get to heaven.
excommunicating a whole kingdom if a king disobeyed church practices.