What is a person at the lowest level of the feudal system who was responsible for working the land and paying those people above them in the social order
100
The introduction of this building material changed the building construction in the middle ages
What is stone
100
Middle Ages Christianity is rooted in this denomination
What is the Catholic Church
100
What issues were associated with the growth of towns and cities
What is cramped conditions, poor sanitation, ease in the spread of disease
100
Who is William of Normandy?
What is he conquered England after a dispute in leadership
200
What buildings would appear on a medieval manor?
What is a large manor home, farms with crops and animals, cottages for serfs to live in, a small church, other esstenials for living including a mill and wine press
200
What is a gargoyle
What is demon like figures designed to warn Christians of the horrors what await in hell.
200
Please explain how the Church gained and kept its power in the Medieval world
What is through its ability to communicated with God and it control over individuals eternal soul
200
Why is the middle ages often called the Dark Ages?
What is because learning and education fell with the Roman Empire created a dark environment
200
This is a area of land granted to a vassal
What is Fief
300
What roles did Knights served in both systems
What is Knights provided the protection for their lords and fought in battles of expansion
300
Please name the two different styles of architecture to exist during the middle ages
What is Romanesque and Gothic
300
This person serves as the head of the Catholic Church
What is the Pope
300
How did trade change after the fall of the Roman Empire?
What is after the fall Roman coins were no longer used causing trade to go back to the barter system. Additional trade had kind of stopped after the fall of the empire and would not gain traction again until after the exposure of new things the Crusades brought about.
300
Describe the role of Vikings in Medieval Europe
What is they were traveling nomads who spread across Europe taking over and pillaging villages could be considered terrorists of that time period
400
Under Feudalism the King gave land to land barons and this
What is the church, to build a church and give back to the clergy
400
The development of these bracing structures allowed for buildings to become taller and appear lighter
What is flying buttresses
400
Fill in the blanks of this statement: Roman Catholics were required to ___ to support the Church and its _____.
What is tithe...clergy
400
Explain the reasons for the Crusades
What is Christians in Europe wanted to regain control of the holy lands but it could be argued that the pope wanted to gain control of all Christians to gain their support and tithes
400
A person to whom a king or a noble gives land to is then referred to as a
What is vassal
500
What is the differences between Feudalism and Manorialism
Manors were the first systems to be established and then were later absorbed into the Feudalism which had more social divisions
500
From which foreign location did Medieval builders get their inspiration?
What is the Muslim world
500
The Church held the power of __________ which is essentially the removal of an individual from the church
What is excommunication
500
What event caused the rise of culture in the high middle ages to stop?
What is the plague
500
What is the form of children's writing was used to criticize the government