Life in the Middle Ages
Important Groups
Legal Systems
Time of Crisis
Important People
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A peasant bound to the land
What is a serf
100
Expert sailors, traders, and raiders
Who are the Vikings
100
A group of men sworn to speak the truth.
What is a jury
100
This event led to the death of 1/3 of Europeans and a decline in production
What is the Black Death
100
Developed the theory of gravity
Who is Issac Newton
200
A knight's code of conduct
What is Chivalry
200
This group of people posed a major threat to both Western Europeans and the Byzantine Empire.
Who are the Muslims
200
This document from 1215 limited royal power and extended the rights of nobles and freemen.
What is the Magna Carta
200
This war from 1337-1453 was between England and France.
What is the Hundred Years War
200
Created the Church of England when the Pope declined his request for an annulment.
Who is Henry VIII
300
A loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords
What is feudalism
300
This group unified Western Europe under Clovis I and Charlemagne.
Who are the Franks
300
The name of England's legislature, or law making body
What is Parliament
300
Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses on the Wittenburg church sparked this event.
What is the Protestant Reformation
300
Created a new telescope and was imprisoned for believing in a Heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Galileo Galilei
400
This group controlled both spiritual and secular life.
What is the clergy
400
This group of people fought against the French during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Who are the English
400
A legal system based on custom and court rulings
What is common law
400
1054 official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine Church (became Eastern Orthodox Church)
What is the Great Schism
400
Claimed God had sent her to save France during the Hundred Years War
Who is Joan of Arc
500
Authority over all secular rulers
What is papal supremacy
500
This group of people were ruled under Justinian (527-565 A.D.) and the name of their capital was Constantinople. Made up the Eastern Roman Empire.
Who are the Byzantines
500
States no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
What is habeas corpus
500
This event was responsible for finding/punishing people who did not accept the Catholic church's beliefs
What is the Inquisition
500
Emperor of the Romans, unified Western Europe, and revived education all during the Dark Ages
Who is Charlemagne
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