The Early Middle Ages
the collapse of the Roman empire signaled the beginning of this time period that lasted from 500 to 1500 CE.
What are the Middle Ages
Located at the bottom of the Feudal hierarchy they had limited economic options.
Who are serfs (peasants)
It was a social center as well as a place of worship because it was often the largest public building in a medieval village.
What is a church
Trainees who worked for a master artisan. They were paid no wages but learned valuable skills.
What is an apprentice
A written document describing the rights of a town
what is a charter
The medieval ruler who United much of the old Western Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne
The medieval system based on a series of mutual obligations.
What is Feudalism (the feudal system)
Under Benedictine Rule, monks and nuns took vows of obedience, chastity, and this - a renunciation of all personal worldly possessions.
What is poverty
These associations cooperated to protect shared economic interests.
What is a guild
Power found on Earth, not from God
What is secular
After Charlemagne’s death, his empire was split among his sons and divided into this many smaller kingdoms.
What is three
Highly trained feudal warriors pledged military service to greater lords and nobles.
Who are knights
DAILY DOUBLE
Popes used the threat of this, officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Church, to force rulers to obey them.
Increases in trade and commerce that occurred during the late Middle Ages in Europe resulted in the development of more of these.
What are towns and cities
lesser Lords in the feudal system.
What is a vassal
DAILY DOUBLE
Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne to be Emperor of the Romans because Charlemagne had crushed a rebellion in this European city.
One simple explanation of the Feudal System is that people on the bottom owe obligations and loyalty to those above while those on top give this valuable asset to those below them.
What is land
They were spiritual leaders who also exercised secular power.
Who are Popes
During the rise of capitalism in Europe, merchants and bankers began to establish these groups, merchants who join together how to make money.
what are partnerships
Money for investment.
What is capital
Charlemagne’s 9th-century empire covered territory which today would include these two countries.
What are France and Germany.
During the early European feudal period, subsistence agriculture and economic self-sufficiency are most commonly associated with this system of economic, social, and political organization
What is manorialism (the manor system)
The doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that the pope, by reason of his office and as pastor of the entire Christian Church, has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.
What is Papal supremacy
The Commercial Revolution changed economic practices in Europe and led to the development of this type of economy.
What is a capitalist economy?
The knight’s code of conduct.
what is chivalry