The Early Middle Ages
Feudalism & Manor Economy
The Medieval Church
Economic Recovery Sparks Change
Key Terms, People, Places
100
He was declared to be Emperor of the Romans by the Pope Leo III after crushing a rebellion in Rome...
Who is Charles the Great aka Charlemagne
100
Providing military service was part of the feudal contract for this medieval social class...
What is a vassal?
100
This building was the center of any medieval town, village, manor, or city...
What is the medieval church?
100
An agreement that set out the rules and regulations of a town or village, and passed with the approval of the king or ruling lord...
What is a charter?
100
The trainee to a guild master was known as this...
What is an apprentice?
200
Charlemagne's heirs split his Empire into three regions as a result of this treaty...
What is the Treaty of Verdun?
200
The land included in a woman's dowry often led to this in noble society...
What are fierce negotiations?
200
Authority over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors was known as this...
What is papal supremacy?
200
A population growth and the emergence of a modern economy were the results of this revolution...
What is Agricultural?
200
The Frankish King who converted his kingdom to Christianity after winning an miraculous battle field victory attributed to God...
Who is King Clovis?
300
These 4 warrior tribes fought over the remains of Western Roman Empire after its collapse...
Who were the Goths, Franks, Saxons, and Vandals?
300
This medieval social class was bound to the land for life, regardless if the manor changed in ownership...
What are serfs (or peasants)?
300
Christian nobles agreed to stop fighting between Friday and Sunday of every week because of this agreement...
What is the Truce of God?
300
This crop was used to restore fertility in what was known as the three-field system...
What are legumes?
300
An estate given to a vassal by his lord under the feudal system...
What is a fief?
400
This was the defining difference between the Romans and the German Kingdoms that ruled after their demise...
What is written laws, or lack there of?
400
A wandering musician who sang about the brave deeds of knights and their lady loves...
What is a troubadour?
400
Medieval Christians had to do this first in order to achieve salvation...
What is receive the sacraments?
400
Because of overcrowding, newcomers to a medieval city were often forced to do this...
What is settle in the fields outside of the city walls?
400
He was the wealthy Italian founder of the first order of the friars...
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
500
These two things helped Charlemagne both unify and control his empire throughout Western Europe...
What is religion & learning (education-Roman/Greek)
500
Black bread, cabbage, turnips, and onions were the norm at mealtime for this medieval social class...
What are peasants?
500
Under Benedictine Rule, monks and nuns to vowed to uphold these three things...
What is obedience, poverty, and Chasity?
500
As trade revived throughout Europe, the use of this increased...
What is MONEY? $$$$
500
The salaried (but underpaid) worker in a medieval guild who worked for their guild master, seldom making enough to open a shop or business of their own...
What is a journeyman?