Medieval Vocab
Who is a person who wants to learn a trade?
Apprentice
What is bartering?
Exchanging goods or services for other goods or services without using money.
This is a large agricultural estate:
Manor
The struggle between Henry IV and Gregory VII:
The Investiture Controversy
These are objects connected with saints, most notably bones.
Relics
Who is a person who was tied to the land and paid their lord a percentage of what they grew, in return for the lord to protect them?
Serf
What did the serf provide to the lord for living on his land?
YOU NEED ALL THREE:
Labor
Rent
A percentage of what was produced
What is the name of the heavy iron plow that allowed hard land to be plowed quicker and easier?
Carruca
This is the name for Catholic controlled territory in central Italy:
Papal states
Who was St. Francis of Assisi? What religious order did he start?
Humble saint who inspired many. He gave all his money, and lived in poverty preaching.
Franciscans.
What is a denial of church doctrine & accusations?
Heresy
This was used as a new source of power that would replace manual (human) labor:
Water
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This is the practice by which secular rulers bother chose nominees to church offices and gave them symbols of their office.
Lay Investiture
This man created the Dominican order of monks:
Dominic de Guzman
These men are members of the wealthiest and most powerful families:
Patricians
These men were middle class merchants, industrialists, and professional people of the Middle ages
Bourgeoisie
What material was used to create more efficient, stronger tools?
Cooper
Describe the Interdict, and why Pope Innocent III utilized this:
The Interdict is when priests cannot do any sacramental service (communion, baptism, marriage, priesthood, etc).
To get the people to put pressure on the King to follow the will of the Papacy
Who were the Cistercians?
Very strict order of monks. Only owned one robe, lived simple lives.
What did guilds do during medieval times?
These business organizations set prices, determined who became masters, process how it was made, etc.
What is [commercial] capitalism?
An economic system where people invested in trade & goods to make a profit
What three factors led to population growth during the High Middle Ages?
1. More peaceful: Increased stability to expansion in food production.
2. Peasants farmed more land when they cut down trees and drained swamps.
3. Changes in technology approved farming- labor-saving devices, iron.
How did the Lay Investiture Controversy reach a compromise?
Concordat of Worms: A bishop in Germany first elected by German officials, paid homage to the king and his lord. King in turn gave him symbols of his earthly office.
Please describe how and why the Inquisition happened.
Dominican monks stood on panels, listening to those accused of being heretics. These people were accused of disagreeing with the fundamentals of the Catholic Church. Those accused were tortured and killed in the process.