The Middle Ages
This period started with the Fall of Rome and lasted about 1,000 years
Middle Ages
This personally bans an individual from sacraments and communion
excommunication
How did the plague spread?
Fleas on Rats.
A local Servant who worked on Feudal lands or manors and was "bound to the soil".
Serf
The code of conduct that a knight was expected to live by during the Middle Ages.
chivarly
The economic, social, and political system that organized Medieval Europe.
Feudalism
A Church tax equal to one-tenth of a person’s income
Tithe
She was the French heroine inspired by visions who led troops during the Hundred Years' War.
Joan of Arc
the Prince was written by
Machiavelli
He united much of France and Germany during the beginning of the Middle Ages
Charlemagne
The practice where kings appointed church officials.
Lay investiture
The long conflict between England and France that lasted over a century.
Hundred Years War
This treaty divided Charlemagne’s empire among his grandsons.
Treaty of Verdun
the belief of predestination was made popular by this man
John Calvin
restricts sacraments and worship for a group, place, or territory, but doesn't fully expel them from the Church community.
Interdiction
This agreement ended the lay investiture conflict.
-in Germany
Concordat of Worms
Clue: At this battle, French knights got stuck in the mud and 1,500 died.
Battle of Agincourt
He is known as the “Father of Humanism.”
Petrarch
What were the 3 stages of knighthood?
Page Esquire Knight
The event that split the Roman Catholic Church in two.
Great Schism
a series of brutal English civil wars (1455-1487) fought between the rival House of Lancaster and House of York for control of the English throne,
War of the Roses
Charles Martel defeated the Moors in this important battle.
Battle of Tours
This book was about how rulers can acquire and maintain power, often through pragmatic and sometimes ruthless methods
The Prince
Raphael’s most famous fresco featuring ancient philosophers
School of Athens