Charlemagne was the king of what land?
Frankish lands
Highest title in Feudalism
King
What was a way a serf could earn their freedom?
Buy it or escape for 366 days
Guild
People of the Church who can perform religious services such as marriage.
Clergy
The Black Death is also known as the __________Plague
Bubonic or "Black" for Half Points
These individuals were tied to the land.
Serfs
The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was
Piece of Land
The king of the Franks - established schools, currency (money) and spread Christianity in Western Europe
Charlemagne
in medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.
Manor
Originating in Central Asia, the Black Death was carried by
fleas
This term refers to someone who gives their life to follow God.
Monasticism
Skilled sailors and strong warriors who looted and burned villages.
Vikings
in the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold.
Chivalry
The Bubonic Plague spread because of ___________
in cities.
overcrowding/lack of sanitation
The source of income for Lords (ex. manor)
fief
True or False: The Church did not collect taxes
False
The economic system of the Middle Ages
Manorialism
Percentage of people around the world who died from the Black Plague.
60%
The types of everyday events the priests were involved with.
birth, marriage, death, illness, confession of sins
Who became one of the first woman to lead and command an army?
Joan of Arc
Where is the mediterranean sea?
point to it
The governmental system of the Middle Ages
Feudalism
a group of craftspeople that helped protect and improve the working conditioms of its members
guild
What was kept in the mask of the plague doctors?
Herbs to keep out disease and help with fowl smells
Who signed the Magna Carta?
King John
The type of architecture with which cathedrals were built.
Gothic
Who was the King that raised Taxes and that the nobles forced to sign the Magna Carta?
King John
Term referring to the Middle Ages
medieval
True or False: People believed the souls of the dead could infect the living with the plague.
True