Law & Order
A method of determining guilt where the accused underwent a dangerous physical test.
What is trial by ordeal?
This 11th-century military expedition was called by Pope Urban II to reclaim the Holy Land.
What is the First Crusade?
The head of the Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages.
Who is the Pope?
This person sits at the very top of the Feudal hierarchy
Who is the monarch (King/Queen/Crown)?
The structure where nobles lived and peasants worked in the countryside.
What is a manor?
The medieval punishment of being formally removed from the Church.
What is excommunication?
The year of the Norman Conquest of England (+-10 years).
What is 1066?
This group of men were responsible for religious services and advising nobles.
Who are priests?
The group of low-ranking vassals in the Feudal system that did the majority of the fighting
What are knights?
This code guided the behavior of knights.
What is chivalry?
Noblewoman did not have the right to trail by battle directly, instead, they could do this.
What is select a champion to fight on her behalf?
A document signed by King John in 1215 that limited royal power.
What is the Magna Carta?
This term refers to a religious journey to a sacred place.
What is a pilgrimage?
The lowest group in feudal society, who worked the land.
Who are serfs/peasants?
This group of women enjoyed considerably more rights than most other woman in the middle ages.
Who are widows?
This pope was exhumed by Pope Stephen VI in 897 and put on trial for perjury, illegally ascending to the papacy, and holding multiple bishoprics at once.
Who is Pope Formosus?
As part of the Third Crusade, Richard I of England fought with this legendary Muslim general.
Who is Saladin?
St. Francis of Assisi, known for giving away all his wealth and inspiring others to do the same, is now the patron saint of this.
What are animals?
A person who received land from a lord in exchange for service.
What is a vassal?
Apart from Christianity, these two other monotheistic religions were the most common in Europe during the middle ages, although they often faced discrimination.
What are Jews and Muslims?
"These words were spoken by King Henry II and overheard by his knights, which ultimately led to them killing Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury
What is "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
In 1271, this man travelled to China from Europe. You might still hear his name in the pool!
Who is Marco Polo?
The split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches in 1054.
What is the Great Schism?
The piece of land given to a vassal by a lord.
What is a fief?)
This term means the process of fitting feathers on arrows.
What is fletching?