Feudalism
What is another word for fief?
land
At what age did a noble boy become a page?
7
Who was a great leader who encouraged education, had royal agents and counts, and had a more powerful empire than the Byzantines in 800?
Charlemagne
Justinian Code
At age 14, if you are training you become a knights you are called
a squire
Who gives land in the feudal system?
Lord
What group of invaders came from the north and had the bloody eagle?
Vikings
Who is the wife of Justinian?
Theodora
Name of the church that means Holy Wisdom in Greek and was at one point a mosque
Hagia Sophia
The manor was _________________ meaning everything they needed could be make on the manor
self-sufficient
Who is above all in the feudal system and why?
Pope/RCC because they are in charge of everyone's souls
Code that Knights were supposed to live by
Code of Chivalry
Who converted the Franks to Christianity and had the Ordeal?
Clovis
The name of the place where you could see entertainment in Constantinople like chariot racing
Hippodrome
Who started the Carolingian dynasty?
Pepin the Short
the economic structure of feudalism is called...
Manorialism
Monks live in monasteries and nuns live in _____________
convents
Who was nicknamed the hammer and was victorious at the Battle of Tours?
Charles "the hammer" Martel
Name of the events where Justinian wanted to leave the empire but Theodora convinced him to stay
Nika Riots
Treaty that divided Charlemagne's land among his 3 grandsons
Verdun
What is the 10% donation to the church called?
Tithe
What was it called when monks decorated the first letter of the page?
illumination
Who is missing out of the 3 brothers; Lothair, Louis the German and _____________________
Charles the Bald
The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453 AD because of which group?
Ottoman Turks
Knights participated in fake battles and jousting here....
tournaments