Early Medieval Period
Latin word for "Middle Ages"
Medieval
A tax to the church; 10% of your yearly income
Tithe
A deadly disease that spread across Europe during the Middle Ages
Bubonic Plague
Means "holy war"
Crusade
Where people had to go for education
The Church and Monasteries
Code of conduct for knights to follow
Code of Chivalry
Prejudice against Jews
Anti-Semitism
The plague originated in what animal(s)
Fleas on rats (either acceptable)
Main causes of the 100 years war
Nationalism, economic/territory (English Chanel)
Workers bound to the land
Serf
What was the Reconquista
Reconquering of Spain. Kicking out all the Muslims and Jews to enforce Christianity
means "split"
Schism
The plague began in what continent
Asia
French hero of the Hundred Years War
Joan of Arc
System of living; Means "the Lord's estate"
Manorialism
Groups that were invading Europe
Muslims, Vikings, Magyars
The Pope has ultimate authority
Papal supremacy
How many people in Europe died due to the Black Plague
200,000,000 (Two-hundred million)
Country the English (England) was fighting during the Hundred Years War
France
Sits on the bottom of society (feudal triangle)
serfs
Charles the Great
Charlemagne built a Christendom. Uniting all of Europe and reviving education
A name for the religious organization of Christianity as a whole
The Church (capitalized; proper noun)
this group kept the plague alive, resulting in its spread to Europe
The Mongols
The reasons that people joined the Crusades
Free pass to heaven, adventure, and looting
System of rule in which kings and lords divided their land amongst lesser lords
Feudalism