Nobility
Who was at the top of the European hierarchy?
King or Queen
How did feudalism work?
The king granted large tracts of land known as fiefs to nobles because he could not govern it all alone, nobles would then give knights land in exchange for military service, and serfs which were the majority of the people who lived on the lords land in exchange for service.
The leader of the Catholic Church is called the?
Pope
What was the name of the plague that killed a large portion of Europe?
The Black Death or bubonic plague
What economic system was used during the medieval period?
Feudalism
What is a vassal?
Someone who was granted land for loyalty and military service.
What were serfs?
The lowest feudal class, they worked on their lords land In exchange for protection and a small plot of land for subsistence farming.
The leader of a smaller Catholic Church was called?
A priest.
What caused the Black Death.
Fleas that came from rats.
What event is said to be the start of the medieval period?
The fall of the western Roman empire
How did heraldry help knights on the battlefield?
To help other knights not kill their own soldiers.
What was a fief?
A land estate or source of income granted by a lord to vassals in exchange for military service, loyalty, and protection.
Monks lived in these buildings
Monastery
What helped in the spread of the plague?
Crowding, unsanitary living spaces, rats, and trade and merchant ships.
What was the penalty of being found as a witch
They would burn you at the stake
What were the stages of becoming a knight?
First you were a Page, then you became a squire, and then you would be knighted as a knight.
describe what the Magna Carta was for.
To limit absolute power of the king.
how did the church help illiterate people in the Middle Ages?
Religious plays, stained glass windows, and picture book versions of the Bible helped them learn and understand the Bible.
About how much of the population was killed by the plague?
1/3 to 2/3
What was the most common currency in the medieval period
The silver penny
The center part of a castle where nobles lived was called the?
Keep
What US document is similar to the Magna Carta?
The Bill of Rights / the US Constitution
What are three practices monk’s didn’t practice
any of these— Marriage, property ownership, speaking unnecessarily, and leaving their monasteries without permission.
Scientific name for the Black Death
Yersinia pestis
What year was the Magna Carta issued
1215