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Goin' to Church
Knight Time
Mind Your Manors
Law & Order: Middle Ages Unit
Potpouri
100
Cannon law deals with issues that fall under the authority of what entity?
the Church
100
In return for land, what did a knight have to pledge?
military service
100
In the feudal system, what was a manor?
a lord's estate
100
What document allowed free men a trial by jury for the first time?
Magna Carta
100
An organization that protected merchants from competition in the Middle Ages was known as a what?
guild
200
What is another name for the sacrament of communion in the Roman Catholic Church?
the Eucharist
200
What was the primary job of a squire?
to serve a knight
200
Which system tied the nobles and peasants together economically?
the manorial system
200
This term can be defined as "A decentralized form of government that stresses alliances of mutual protection between monarchs and nobles."
Feudalism
200
Who led the Normans to victory at the Battle of Hastings?
William the Conqueror
300
Lay investiture allowed nobles to control what?
church policies
300
Kings and Popes sought to get rid of knights by sending them to the Crusades. Why?
The knights' constant fighting threatened peace
300
What was one reason for increased productivity of manorial land?
use of horses, three field system
300
What was the purpose of excommunication?
Getting people to obey church rules by threatening to banish them, thus taking away their salvation
300
What innovation allowed a Muslim warrior to fight successfully from horseback?
the stirrup
400
The Church receiving land from the king is an example of what system?
the feudal system
400
What was the primary reason a knight was given land?
to purchase weapons and a horse
400
In return for land, what are TWO things a peasant (serf) is required to do for the lord of the manor?
pay for services, provide labor, farm his lands
400
This was an effective weapon for a pope to use against a king because it cost the king his subjects' loyalty, who feared for their own souls.
interdict
400
What was the primary cause for the expansion of education in Europe during the Middle Ages?
Middle class merchants needed it it in order to conduct business
500
The Great (western) Schism in the 14th century affected Medieval life by calling into question whose authority?
the church
500
Who had the authority to declare a squire a knight?
the knight's lord
500
The disruption and eventual collapse of the manorial system was largely a result of what event?
The Black Death (bubonic plague)
500
The main goal of the __________________ was to unify Spain under the control of Ferdinand and Isabella.
Inquisition
500
Medieval Europeans regained lost knowledge from Classical Greece and Rome by reading translations of Greek and Roman works produced by whom?
the Muslim world (Arab scholars specifically)