The Early
Middle Ages
Feudalism & the manor economy
The Medieval Church
recovery
miscellaneous
100
This is the reason Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as emperor.
What is he stopped rebellion against the pope in Rome?
100
This was one of the major obligations that a vassal had to fulfill under his feudal contract.
What is military service to his lord?
100
In order to achieve salvation, medieval Christians thought they had to do this.
What is participate in the sacraments?
100
This crop restored fertility to the soil due to the three-field system of crop rotation.
What are legumes (also accept peas or beans)?
100
This was a code of conduct for knights.
What is chivalry?
200
This treaty split Charlemagne's empire into three regions, one for each of his grandsons.
What is the Treaty of Verdun?
200
When a noblewoman got married, there were usually fierce negotiations over this issue.
What is land included in her dowry?
200
Monks and nuns took vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity under this rule.
What is Benedictine Rule?
200
This is the reason for newcomers to medieval cities settling in the fields around the city.
What is overcrowding within the city's walls?
200
In the manor system, these people had to stay on the land for life.
Who are peasants (also accept serfs)?
300
This was the king who sent "missi dominici" throughout his kingdom in order to admister law.
Who is Charlemagne?
300
When the ownership of a manor went to a new lord, this is what they did with the serfs bound to that manor.
What is they went with the new lord of that manor?
300
This was a requirement of nobles under the Truce of God.
What is stop fighting from Friday to Sunday?
300
The commercial practice of using credit for trade was adopted by Europeans from this group of people.
What are the Muslims?
300
This was the idea that the pope had authority over kings and emperors.
What is papal supremacy?
400
This is the important step that Clovis took in ruling conquered lands in the 400's.
What is converting to Christianity?
400
This was the system developed during the early part of the Middle Ages that allowed medieval societies to protect themselves.
What is feudalism?
400
This is what happened to nuns during the later Middle Ages.
What is removal of rights they previously had?
400
The merchants, artisans, and traders grew in prosperity during the Middle Ages. They made up this social class.
What is the middle class?
400
This group of people were like monks, but they worked in the world with people instead of in monasteries.
What are friars?
500
In the late 700's, this group of people attacked Europe from the sea, and destroyed the last strands of unity in the empire of Charlemagne.
Who are the Vikings?
500
A vassal owed his first loyalty to this person.
Who is his liege lord?
500
The church reforms of this pope created a system in which only the Church could appoint its officials, like bishops. This reform took place in 1073.
Who is Pope Gregory IIV?
500
This is how residents of medieval cities built their buildings to deal with overcrowding.
What is adding stories to the top, to make the buildings taller?
500
This was the religious order that accepted poor women as nuns.
What are the Beguines?
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