The Church
The church in Europe at this time.
What is the Catholic Church?
What is a fief?
What is military?
The Crusades were fought over this area of land.
What is Palestine?
What is latin?
People of the Middle Ages attended this every Sunday.
What is mass?
What is a vassal?
The name for the apprentice of a knight, who would follow him around and learn the jobs of a knight.
What is a squire?
This group of people conquered Palestine in the 11th century and terribly mistreated and even killed Christian pilgrims.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
The supreme subject of study at the Medieval university.
What is theology (or philosophy)?
Holidays of the Middle Ages were decided by these.
What are holy days?
He owns all of the land in the feudal system.
Who is the king?
The name for a young boy who was training to become a knight.
What is a page?
The man who issued the call for the Crusades.
Who is Pope Urban II?
What is a convent?
The leader of a parish, responsible for instructing the people in the faith and serving the poor.
What is the priest?
If a lord was captured in battle, his vassals had to do this.
What is pay ransom?
Before being knighted, a man would spend the night in the church in prayer, which is known as this.
What is a vigil?
The name of one of the two leaders of the first attempt at a Crusade. They were woefully unsuccessful.
Who are Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless?
What is a castle?
The name for the procession of the people of the parish over the farm fields to bless the crops.
What is Rogationtide?
The title that lesser lords eventually gained because of their constant feuding and capturing of each other.
What is robber baron?
The knight who led a successful campaign during the First Crusade.
Who is Godfrey de Bouillon?
The Third Crusade was ultimately unsuccessful. Kings from France, Italy, and England all attempted to reconquer the holy land from what Arab king?
Who is Saladin?
At school, boys would learn grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. These subjects are better known by this name.
What are the seven liberal arts?