Basic Facts
People
Terms
Religion
Miscellaneous
100

the event that starts it (year too)

Fall of Rome   410/476  AD


100

people that were learning a trade AND ones that learned it but were not a master yet

apprentice and journeyman


100

 a group based on jobs

guild

100

architectural style of churches during this time  AND the technique that created it

Gothic and Flying Buttress

100

War fought over the English throne (the Yorks lost)

War of the Roses

200

Three Groups that invaded

Vikings, Moors, Magyars (or Huns)

200

He called for the first crusade.

Pope Urban II

200

decorations on written manuscripts

illuminations

200

teaching against official church teachings

heresy


200

War fought between England and France that lasted a over a century

100 years War

300

The tribe that took over modern France and then most of Europe

Franks

300

Famous Muslim leader during the crusades

Saladin

300

the lord that receives land in exchange for loyalty and service and the name of the land and loyalty owed

vassal fief  fealty

300

separating yourself from society to focus on religion and God

monasticism


300

Where the crusades were fought

holy land

400

Where most people lived during this time

countryside, rural  (not cities)

400

King that went to the crusades and fought against Saladin

Richard-the-lionhearted

400

kind of like monks... but they lived in town and preached  to the people living there

friars

400

the trials for heresy

inquisitions

400

buying items and paying later

credit

500

the event is said to bring the dark ages to an end

Crusades

500

he wrote a book called Canterbury Tales about English travelers in the Dark Ages

Geoffrey Chaucer

500

the holy wars fought from 1095-1290s  AND over what area

crusades and holy land

500

Italian poet.. his  books are about Hell (Inferno) Purgatory and Paradise (Paradiso)

Dante Algieri

500

the plague that spread through Europe during the Dark Ages (2 names) AND how they said it spread.

Black Death, Bubonic Plague  AND Rats