The Legacy of Rome
What is the language of the Roman Empire that became the basis for many European languages?
Latin
A piece of land granded by a lord to a vassal.
fief
What is the title of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
Pope
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was
Constantinople
The deadly disease that spread across Europe in the 1300's.
Black Death or Bubonic Plague
This is the emperor who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium.
Constantine
Peasants who were bound to the land and could not leave without permission.
serfs
A journey to a holy place for religious reasons.
pilgrimage
This emperor ordered the created of the Justinian's Code?
document signed in 1215 that limited the king's power.
Magna Carta
This group frequently influenced who became Roman emperor.
The Praetorian Guard
This ruler was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800 CE.
Charlemagne
What tax required Church members to give 1/10th of their income, produce, or labor?
tithe
The great church built under Justinian's rule was called?
Hagia Sophia
What representative body was established by King Edward I?
Model Parliament
This year marked the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
476 CE
system based on land, loyalty, and protection was called this
feudalism
Being offically excluded from the Church was called what?
excommunication
Organizations that regulated crafts, prices, and training in medieval towns.
Guilds
Split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church is known as what?
The Great Schism
This empire continued Roman traditions for nearly 1,000 years after Rome fell.
Byzantine Empire
Name the three groups whose invasions contributed to the rise of feudalism
sacraments
A skilled worker who had completed training but did not yet own a shop were called.
Journeyman
After the Black Death, this group gained power because there were fewer workers available.
serfs or peasants