Knights
What were two importat roles of a Knight
Fighting and defending Christianity
What did ladies (nobility) do for fun in the Middle Ages?
Danced, read books, wrote poetry
What do we call the head of a monastery?
Abbot
What is the definition of the Crusades
Military expedition by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims
Give two reasons why a Knight might go on a crusade?
to improve his fighting skills, to see new land, get adventure, meet new people
How did the growth of towns affect both feudalism and manorialism in the Middle Ages
The inhabitants of towns that became wealthy through trade came to resent being dominated by feudal lords
What document did the King of England sign that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?
Magna Carta
What technology was used to attack the castles?
Early middle ages used battery rams, catapults, later cannons
What was the most common job for people living in the Middle Ages?
Farming
True or False: Most people during the Middle ages lived in nice comfortable castles with many rooms
Falses
What was the name of the disease that killed nearly half the people of Europe?
The Black Death or Bubonic Plague
What were the motives for the peasant to go on a Crusade?
They could go to heaven if they die, leave working on the farm, get away from the lord's control
Who did most of the peasants work for during the Middle Ages?
The local lord.
In western Europe, the Middle Ages began after the collapse of which empire?
Mughal
Ottoman
Roman
Byzatine
What were some of the roles of the monks and nuns of the Middle Ages Church?
Collected taxes taught school, helped in the Hospital
What were the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims called?
The Crusades
There was no education, science, artists
True or False: Life expectancy was so low that most people died by the age of 30.
True a few lived longer
The upper class, nuns and priests
What caused the Bubonic Plague?
The Flea