The Dark Ages
Which Frankish King is responsible for defeating a large Muslim invasion at Tours and preserving Christian Europe?
Charles Martel
What was the goal of the manor system in Feudal Europe?
Self Sufficiency
What is the organization within the catholic church created to identify and punish heresy?
The Inquisition
What was the goal of the crusades?
To reclaim the holy land
List two things that led to the decline in learning, common language, and population shifts?
Vikings
Disease
Feudalism
What is the word for religious officials in the Catholic Church?
Clergy
List two systems that lost power as a result of the Bubonic Plague:
The Church
The Feudal system
Which Frankish King unites Christendom under the Holy Roman Empire after being crowned by the Pope?
Charlemagne
List 2 of 3 uses for Castles
Defense
Government
Religious services
In order to enter heaven, one must follow canon law and recieve their ________ from the church
(Hint: Communion)
Sacraments
What was the goal of the Reconquista?
To expel the muslims from Iberia (Spain)
Clovis united the Frankish people through what?
Religion (Christianity)
Knights were bound by a strict code of honor called what?
Chivalry
List 2 ways a Pope can punish heresy:
Interdiction
Excommunication
Rats
Fleas
The Silk Road
As opposed to following written laws, Germanic kingdoms were loyal to who?
Their chiefs/kings/lords
What is the name of a peasant who is bound to the land they work on?
Serf
What did the Church promise would happen if a Christian joined the crusader armies?
They would be redeemed of their sins.
What is the name of the taxes that Serfs paid to a lord or the Church to live on land or attend mass?
Tithes