Feudalism
What is the basic social structure of feudalism called?
Answer: What is a hierarchy?
What was the primary occupation of peasants in feudal society?
What is farming?
What was the main institution that provided spiritual guidance during feudal times?
What is the Catholic Church?
What were the Crusades primarily aimed at recapturing?
What is the Holy Land?
What did missionaries do on a daily basis?
What is they tried to convert people to Christianity?
Who were the landowners in the feudal system?
Answer: What are lords?
What type of dwelling did most peasants live in during feudal times?
What is a cottage or a small house?
What power did the Church hold over kings and lords?
What is the power to excommunicate or grant absolution?
Who initiated the First Crusade?
Who is Pope Urban II?
Who was St. Benedict?
Who was an Italian Monk
What was the role of vassals in the feudal system?
Answer: What is to serve and protect their lords in exchange for land?
What was a significant challenge faced by peasants in feudal life?
What is heavy taxation and labor obligations?
What was the significance of monasticism in the Middle Ages?
What is it preserved knowledge and provided education?
What was a significant outcome of the Crusades for Europe?
What is increased trade and cultural exchange?
Who is the head of a monastery?
What is an Abbot.
What document limited the powers of the king and influenced feudalism?
What is the Magna Carta.
What activities did nobles engage in for leisure during the feudal period?
What are hunting and feasting?
What role did the clergy play in local feudal communities?
What is providing spiritual services and education?
What were the Knights Templar known for during the Crusades?
What is protecting pilgrims and managing financial transactions?
What is the word monk is taken from a Greek word meaning?
What is solitary or alone?
How did feudalism contribute to the decentralization of power in medieval Europe?
What is it created a system where local lords had significant control over their lands and subjects?
Describe the role of women in feudal society.
What is managing the household and sometimes performing labor while men were away?
How did the Church influence the arts during the Middle Ages?
What is it commissioned religious works and promoted biblical themes?
What event is often considered the end of the Crusades?
What is the fall of Acre in 1291?
St Benedict established rules for the monasteries, he included many vows, can you name one?
What are vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience?