Middle ages Vocab
Also known as church law
What is Canon Law
Reunited Western Europe
Who is Charlemagne?
Granted land
What is a fief?
This weapon of war had a platform on top that was taller than the castle walls and could support weapons and soldiers
What is a siege tower?
These recounted a hero's deeds and adventures
What are epic poems?
Germanic people who controlled Gaul
Who are the Franks?
This Pope expanded the power of the papacy beyond is spiritual role and made it a secular power.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
People who could not leaglly leave the place they were born.
What are serfs?
This weapon of war looked like a shed and could shield soldiers as they approached as castle.
What is a tortoise?
One of the earliest medieval poems recounts a band of French soldiers who died in battle
What is "The song of Roland"?
Religious communities
What are monasteries?
This Monk wrote a book describing the strict rules used by monasteries.
Who is Benedict?
Mounted horsemen who pleadged to defend their lord's land.
What are knights?
This weapon of war is a wooden wall, like a picket fence, that shields soldiers as they approach a castle
What is a mantlet?
Traveling poet musicians
What are troubadours?
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
What is secular?
Son of Charlemagne who inherited his kingdom.
Who is louis the Pious?
Landowner
What is a lord?
This weapon of war flung huge rocks that crashed into castle walls from as much as 1500 feet.
What is a Mangonel?
This code was a complex set of ideals put in place for knights to follow.
What is chivalry?
Lord's Estate
What is a manor?
These people invaded the empire from the Scandinavia in the North and struck quickly and decisively, terrorizing the empire.
Who are the Vikings?
Person receiving a fief
What is a vassal?
This siege weapon worked like a giant slingshot and propelled objects as far as 980 feet.
What is a trebuchet?
The age that son's of nobles would be sent off to start their training to learn to become a knight.
What is 7?