Early Middle Ages
The time of the seven kingdoms in England.
Heptarchy
Lands granted by liege lords for certain services.
Fiefs
A Bohemian religious and national movement in the 15th century.
Hussite movement
The first Western monastic order.
Order of Saint Benedict
Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Medina.
Hegira (622)
The first king to unite the Frankish Tribes.
Clovis
The land from which the landlord gained his livelihood.
Manor
The synod that ended the Western Schism.
General Synod of Constance (1414-1418)
The only Orthodox monastic order.
Order of Saint Basil the Great
A slender tower, usually part of a mosque, from where the muezzin calls for prayer.
Minaret
The office originally in charge of the Frankish royal household.
major domo
Cultivation of the manor for free.
Socage
The leader of the Taborites.
Jan Zizka
The right and action of formally granting the rank and wealth of bishopric
Investiture
The Strait of Gibraltar is named after this person.
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Charles the Martell
The land that was ploughed and harrowed but was not planted.
Fallow
When was the Holy Roman Empire created?
962
The sultan of Egypt who conquered Jerusalem.
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin)
Non-Muslim people of the Ottoman Empire who did not want to convert.
Rayakhs
When did Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor?
December 25, 800
The name of the vassal's oath of loyalty to the liege lord.
Homage
The Duke of Saxony who became the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Otto I
The order of chivalry originally involved in healing.
Knights Hospitaller
Bayezid I defeated the international Christian army led by Sigismund of Luxemburg in this battle.
Battle of Nicopolis