Key Vocabulary
Showing faithfulness or devotion.
Loyal
What was the Church's role in daily life?
Central to daily life.
What was the Battle of Hastings about?
Fought to decide who would be King of England.
Who was Charlemagne?
A great ruler, crowned Roman emperor by the Pope.
Who is at the top of the feudal system?
The King
A system where land and protection were exchanged for loyalty and service.
Feudalism.
What did Monks preserve?
Writings from ancient Greece and Rome.
What is the Magna Carta?
A document that limited the king’s power.
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Queen of France and England.
What did serfs do from sunrise to sunset?
Worked the land
A code of rules about how knights should behave.
Chivalry
Name one way the Church influenced people.
Through cathedrals, pilgrimages, and illuminated manuscripts.
Why did the Black Death occur?
Spread by rats; caused millions of deaths.
What did Joan of Arc do?
Led French soldiers to victory in Orleans.
How did freemen differ from serfs?
Freemen had more independence than serfs.
A person who travels to a holy place.
Pilgrim
What is an illuminated manuscript?
A decorated book that often contains religious texts.
How did the growth of towns affect feudalism?
Gave people more opportunities and weakened the feudal system.
Who reformed England's legal system?
King Henry II.
Who had more power, lords or serfs?
Lords
A person who travels to a holy place.
Emerged
How did people spend their time at the Church?
In worship and prayer.
Who were the Normans?
They won the Battle of Hastings.
What was the Domesday Book?
A record of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes.
How did the middle class change during this time?
It grew in size and importance.