Feudalism & Society
What system exchanged land for loyalty and services?
What is feudalism?
Who were trained warriors who served lords?
What are knights?
What were Christian religious leaders, such as priests, called?
What is the clergy?
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor and a powerful medieval ruler?
Who is Charlemagne?
What was a person who received land from a ruler in exchange for loyalty called?
What is a vassal?
What was the code of behavior expected of knights called?
What is chivalry?
What religion had a major influence on medieval European society?
What is Christianity?
Who was the English king who signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
Who is King John?
What was a powerful landowner who controlled land given by a king called?
What is a lord?
Why were castles built?
What is for protection and defense?
What is patriarchy?
What is a system in which men held most of the power?
Who was a French heroine who helped lead French forces during the Hundred Years' War?
Who is Joan of Arc?
What was a person who worked on a lord's estate called?
What is a serf?
What surrounded many medieval castles to help keep enemies out?
What is a moat?
What was a monastery?
What is a place where monks lived, worked, and practiced their religion?
Who was the Byzantine emperor who ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia?
Who is Justinian I?
Why was land so important in the feudal system?
What is because land provided food, wealth, and power?
What did knights promise to do for their lords?
What is provide loyalty and military service?
How did the Church influence medieval life?
What is through religion, education, laws, and community life?
Who was the Muslim leader who defeated Crusader forces and captured Jerusalem in 1187?
Who is Saladin?