Franks and Feudalism
Name two facts about a knight's graduation day.
Accolade--the name of the graduation ceremony
Dubbing--the moment a lord makes a squire a knight
Name three parts of the knight's code of chivalry.
Protect Catholic Church
Be a gentleman
Protect elderly, women, and children
Who was the Magna Carta written for and what does this term mean?
King John of England
Great List of Rights
Monastery
Going out as a missionary OR helping people in need out in the public.
Name three places that suffered from the Bubonic Plague.
China, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe/European countries
Provide one IMPORTANT fact for Clovis, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne
Clovis--first Germanic king to become Catholic
Charles Martel--fought and prevented Muslims from entering Europe
Charlemagne--king of the Franks, made emperor of Europe, started schools, tried to get Germanic people to become Catholic
Where did knights begin during the Middle Ages?
Name the two people that trained to be a knight.
France
page, squire
No one is above the law, even the king.
Provide the names of two specific friars AND the groups of friars these people started.
Francis of Assisi--Franciscans
Dominic de Guzman--Dominicans
What was the purpose of the Knights Templar?
To protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.
What was a manor?
Besides a noble, identify three people that lived/worked on a manor.
A manor was land a noble got from a king.
Lady, knight, peasant, serf lived/worked on a manor.
Why did the Crusades begin AND identify the specific crusade won by the crusaders.
The Crusades began because Muslims were not allowing Catholic pilgrims to visit the Holy Land/Jerusalem, Israel.
The Crusaders won the First Crusade when they attacked Muslims occupying Jerusalem.
Who developed the idea called common law?
What was common law?
Henry II of England
All the laws are the same across a country.
Name an important fact about Pope Gregory I and St. Patrick.
Pope Gregory I sent out missionaries throughout Europe to teach the Catholic religion.
St. Patrick taught the Trinity to people living in Ireland.
Identify a specific feature of a Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals.
Romanesque--shaped like a church, round arches
Gothic--spires that point to heaven, pointy arches, stained glass windows
What was probably the most important relationship on a manor?
What title did a knight get when he received land for his military service?
Lord and knight
Vassal
Besides people in the code of chivalry, name three specific people a knight would have protected in the Middle Ages.
Pope/Catholic Church
King
Lord
Identify what the difference is between a grand jury and trial jury.
Grand jury decides if there is enough evidence to put someone accused of a crime on trial.
Trial jury takes the evidence and decides if the person accused of a crime is innocent or guilty.
Name the church court that was created to accuse people.
For what reason did the church court accuse people?
Inquisition
Heresy
Explain the medical process of how a person got the Bubonic Plague.
Rat gets infected with the plague bacteria.
Flea bites rat, getting the plague.
Flea bites human.
Flea vomits blood carrying bacteria into a person.
Identify the pyramid of power, from most important to least important, in feudalism.
King
Lord and Lady
Knight
Peasant and Serf
Name one specific result of the Crusades.
Trade increased between Europe and Middle East.
Feudalism ended because lords were gone and serfs left.
Europeans got new ideas from Muslims, like how to build better ships.
The Magna Carta protected the rights of people. Identify three rights guaranteed by the Magna Carta.
Right to a fast trial when accused of a crime.
Government can't take away a person's possessions or property.
Government must protect a person's rights--due process.
A person accused of a crime must be allowed to have a habeas corpus--a document that explains why a person is in jail.
Identify the two people that began the Inquisition in Spain.
Identify the name of this Inquisition?
Identify the purpose of this Inquisition.
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition tried to get Jews and Muslims to become Catholic. If they didn't they had to leave Spain.
Name two ways a serf was able to leave the manor.
If he ran away for a year and a day and didn't get caught.
If his lord went to the Crusades and he ended up leaving the manor.