Feudalism
The landowner who worked under the king.
Who was a lord or a vassal?
From the French region of Normandy, he conquered England in 1066.
Who is William the Conqueror?
This city was occupied by Turkish Muslims, which led to armies being sent to fight in these wars.
What are the Crusades?
These institutions of higher learning started for men of nobility.
What are universities?
These little creatures carried the Black Death.
What are rats or the fleas from rats?
Soldiers of feudal lords who protected the peasants.
Who were the knights?
King of England, he spent much of his life in battles in France and on the Crusades.
Who is Richard the Lionheart?
These two countries were involved in the Hundred Years War.
Who are France and England?
Huge churches with 'flying buttresses" were built in this style.
What is gothic?
The Great Famine was caused by...
What is excessive rain/flooding?
The estate where all the people who worked for the lord worked.
What is the manor?
The Bishop of Rome, this position became the leader of the Catholic Church
Who is the Pope?
Knights had to follow this code as the fought their enemies.
What is chivalry?
A group of local citizens who would listen to a court case and make a decision.
What is a jury?
With growth of this between areas of Europe, culture and knowledge spread and was exchanged.
What is trade?
People began to leave the life of feudal society to move to these around the 1100s.
What are towns?
She was a French hero burned at the stake by the English.
Who was Joan of Arc?
Knights were not allowed to fight an enemy in these places.
What is a church?
Like our Congress, this building in England holds their House of Lords and House of Commons.
What is Parliament?
The Hundred Years War forced the kings to raise money through these, which partly increased their power.
What are taxes?
Legal document listing the rights of the people of a town.
What is a charter?
His name means "Charles the Great."
Who was Charlemagne?
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and other Germanic tribes took over parts of Europe after this fell.
What is the Roman Empire?
This document signed by British King John was the first to list the rights of a citizen.
What is the Magna Carta?
This ethnic group was wrongly blamed for the Black Death.
Who were the Jews?