The Roman Catholic Church
Fuedalism
Rulers
Potpourri
Legal/Political
100

A _____ leads services and instructs people how to live and worship.

Priest

100

This person tended his lord’s fields and could not leave the manor without his lord’s permission.

Serf

100

He was the first Frankish king.

Clovis

100

Castles served as both homes and _____ fortresses.

Military

100

Henry II developed England’s _____ system by taking control over cases that had been handled locally before his time.

Legal

200

This person is the patriarch of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Pope

200

This was a person received a portion of a fief in exchange for service to a lord.

Vassal

200

He was a mayor of the palace who united the Franks and defeated the Muslims at Tours.

Charles Martel

200

English ______ started a revolt that led to the signing of the Magna Carta.

Nobles

200

The influence of the Magna Carta can be seen in the US Constitution and Bill of these.

Rights

300

This leader made an alliance with the Roman Catholic Church that affected politics and religion for several centuries.

Pepin the Short

300

Under the feudal system, these people had much power and peasants had little freedom.

Lords

300

This man was crowned emperor of a revived Western Roman Empire.

Charlemagne

300

This king was unpopular because he imposed heavy taxes and he abused power.

King John

300

A trial by this used local people and their knowledge of a case to help decide the outcome of a trial.

Jury

400

The Benedictine Rule was a set of rules for these people to follow.

Monks/Nuns

400

A boy pursuing knighthood could become a page when he was ______ years old.

Seven

400

This leader gave conquered Lombard lands to leaders of Roman Catholic Church.

Pepin the Short

400

At age fourteen, a page became a squire, a servant to a knight. He could become a knight at this age.


Twenty-one

400

Tying an accused person up and throwing him into deep water to see if he would sink or float was an example of trial by this.

Ordeal

500

The Roman Catholic Church teaches that this sacrement removes original sin.

Baptism

500

Famine, plague, war, the growth of towns, and the Crusades all helped to weaken feudalism by limiting the power of this group of people?

Nobles

500

This leader inherited Charlemagne’s empire; divided it among his sons

Louis the Pious

500

Significant accomplishment of Charlemagne’s reign included expanding the borders of the Frankish Empire and this.

Education

500

William the Conqueror began a new royal line called this.

The Normans