Feudal Society
The period 500-1000 CE is known as the Dark Ages for this reason
What is a lack of knowledge from modern historians?
These were responsible many things, including hand-copying bibles, providing medical care, and providing shelter to those in need
What are monasteries?
This determined how much power one had in the feudal system
What is the amount of land you owned?
This event led to the start of the Crusades in Europe
What is Muslim Turks capturing the city of Jerusalem?
This is the economic production within a feudal system (i.e, how one made money within their societal rank)
What is manorialism?
The code of conduct that knights followed was also known as this
What is chivalry?
Anything that is nonreligious is considered this
What is secular?
This was the reason why feudalism developed in Western Europe
What are Viking invasions?
Who are the Jews?
These groups made up most of the first European crusaders during the Crusades
Who are second and third-born sons?
This group was known for writing many poems and songs about medieval life
Who are troubadours?
A frowned upon practice, the selling of church offices is known as this
What is simony?
Typically, this group of women had more freedom, even if their lives were considered more difficult
Who are peasant women?
This person criticized the church for encouraging followers to worship the Pope, not Jesus or the Bible
Who is John Wycliffe?
Everyone in feudal society was required to pay a portion of their salary to the church, a tax known as this
What is a tithe?
This practice meant that only the first-born son would inherit everything from his family
What is primogeniture?
All of the religious laws, typically for the Catholic Church, are known are this
What is canon law?
This is another name for the piece of land that is exchanged in return for loyalty
What is a fief?
This conflict was about who had the authority to appoint church officials (mainly bishops)
What is the Investiture Controversy?
This European leader gave himself more power by limiting the influence of the nobility in his society
Who is Charlemagne?
Because of this, peasant and serf labor became more expensive, leading Europe out of feudalism
What is the Black Death?
Followers of the church must complete ALL of these to get into Heaven
What are sacraments?
This is ONE weakness of working in a feudal system
What is a lack of innovation?
OR
What is the inability to produce more than what you need?
This event was the start of the Great Schism in Europe
What is the election of a French Pope (not an Italian one)?
This was the Muslim leader of the Seljuk Turks who retook the city of Jerusalem after the First Crusade
Who is Saladin?