Vocab
A social, economic, political system used by many kingdoms throughout Europe around 1000s.
Feudalism
This man is known to be God's representative on Earth.
The Pope
Reasons the church was influential.
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The black death originated here.
China
Christian claims to the holy land.
Holy Sepulcher/Site of Jesus's death and resurrection.
Clergy
People who take a journey for religious purposes.
Pilgrims
Kings could not protect the people from barbarian raids.
The people felt this way about the church during the black death.
Couldn't trust em
Muslim claims to the holy land.
The breakup of the Catholic Church into the Roman Catholics in the West and the Orthodox in the East.
The Great Schism
A place between heaven and hell. People would be stuck there until their sins were forgiven.
Purgatory
This member of society was responsible for protecting the king/queen.
Noble
How the black death arrived to Europe.
Mongols in Crimea (flung corpses)
Pope Urban promised his soldiers this if they fight in the Crusades.
Forgiveness for sins, entry into heaven
An event in which a disease spreads across several countries and affects a large amount of people.
Pandemic
A group of people who traveled around and whipped people to cure the plague.
Flagellants
Ways the church gained wealth. (2)
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Increase urban population, lack of medical knowledge, increased trade/conflict
This pushed Christians over the edge in 1095 to begin Crusading vs Islamic groups.
Muslims closed off Jerusalem to Christians.
The germ that caused the Black Death outbreak.
Yersinia Pestis
A 10% income tax on the peasants collected by the church.
Tithe
Most common types of punishment in the middle ages.
Shame, mutilation, fine, death
A popular way to cure ailments in the middle ages. People would put leeches on themselves to remove the bad blood.
Bloodletting
In this Crusade, the East and West went to war over feuding that led to the sacking of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
4th Crusade