Feudalism
The Catholic Church
The Battle of Hastings
The Crusades
Other important stuff!
100
Feudalism is based on these three things
What is fief, fielty and faith
100
The Church was very wealthy because
They owned lots of land and taxed those that lived on it.
100
What year did the Battle of Hastings take place?
What is 1066
100
How many crusades were there?
Seven!
100
"Magna Carta" means
What is "The Great Charter"
200
Feudalism is an example of what feature of a civilization?
What is social structure (everyone has a role to play)
200
What did the Church do with their money?
They provided charitable and educational services to the public.
200
Who was the thrown given to after King Edward the Confessor died (instead of William of Normandy)?
Who is King Harold (of the Anglo- Saxons)
200
What was the purpose of the Pope's first crusade?
To take back the Holy Land from the Muslim community
200
The Magna Carta was signed in what year?
What is 1215
300
This type of peasant owned the land they lived and worked on but paid a fee to the Lord of the Manor.
What is a freeholder
300
Who was second on the Church hierarchy?
Who are the Archbishops
300
William did what for his knights when he became king?
He gave them lots of land in exchange for their bravery and loyalty
300
What was a positive effect of the Crusades?
- More trade with the Muslim world (spices, fabrics) - Cultural exchange - Literature, science, maths
300
Which monarch was forced to sign the Magna Carta
Who is King John
400
What kinds of rights did women have during this time?
- Women could inherit property, but could not run an estate - Widows could keep their property - Once a women married, her husband controlled all of her property - Unmarried women had few legal rights
400
What is it called when someone's membership in the Church is revoked?
What is excommunication
400
What structure emerged as a result of William's conquest of England?
What is feudalism
400
What was a negative consequence of the crusades?
- Weakened feudal system - Less men to work on the manors - Lords lost their heirs - Lords leased their land to the king to pay for the wars - centralized power around the king
400
Name on feature of the Magna Carta
- limited rights of monarchs - courts in a fixed place - punishment proportionate to the crime - unbiased officials in trials