Without Jerusalem this journey would have been impossible.
What is pilgrimage?
100
The spread of the Black Death spread to Europe from this continent.
What is Asia?
100
This empire followed the Roman Empire and it's capitol was Constantinople.
What is The Byzantine Empire?
100
The agreement between the land-owning lord and him farming, working class serfs.
What is a manorialism?
100
The central administration of the Catholic church, of which the pope was head.
What is papacy?
200
The fourth crusade raided and pillaged this city, part of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
200
The Black Death in it's primary form.
What is the Bubonic plague?
200
A loose federation of German states and principalities. It dissolved in 1806.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
200
An association of men who banded together to promote their economic interest.
What is a guild?
200
The feudal system involved the lord's lands given to his followers, referred to as vassals, in return for military service. This concept was referred to as this.
What is a fief?
300
This pope initiated the first crusade, in response to the Council of Clermont in 1095.
Who is Pope Urban II?
300
The Black Death was spread by rats and this pest due to poor hygiene and sanitation.
What are ticks and/or fleas?
300
This dispute between the Holy Roman Emperors and the Pope(s) between who had ultimate control of appointing bishops in imperial lands.
What is Investiture Controversy?
300
After the dissolution of serfdom, peasants either ran away, bought their own land, or this.
What is earned wages from their lord for their labor?
300
The Holy Roman Empire, chose it's emperor with a vote by these individuals.
Who are the princes of the Holy Roman Empire?
400
Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most influential women of the crusading era, accompanied this man, who was also her husband, during the second crusade.
Who is King Louis VII of France?
400
During the Black Death, officials closed city borders and gates as an early form of this.
What is quarantine?
400
The group known as the Tectonic knights raided, drove out and slaughtered it's non-christian native inhabitants, and settled what would later become this region.
What is Prussia?
400
While lords in the manor live comfortably, their serfs lived in these, with little to no luxuries and furniture of any kind.
What are one-roomed, thatched, cottages?
400
Because of the ethnic and belief differences between the two types of Christian churches, a schism occurred between this church and it's Latin equivalent.
What is the Orthodox church?
500
The aftermath of the fourth crusade lead to this trading city seizing Crete and expanding it's trade into the Black sea.
What is Venice, Italy?
500
The population rise and the numerous farm lands with poor soil, had already made starvation a very real danger. But after an unusually cold spell produced this and affected much of Europe.
What is the Great Famine of 1315-1317?
500
The revolt lead by this person in England, 1381, aimed to end serfdom, and the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other royal officials was only part of it's impact.
Who is Wat Tyler?
500
Although both men and women were believed to be created in God's image, the belief that women were subordinate to men was stemmed from a sense that: men were this, and women were just the opposite.
What is the beginning?
500
This Byzantine emperor asked the pope and western European rulers to help him confront the Muslim threat, and reconquer Jerusalem.