Feudalism
These groups worked the land in the feudal system.
Who are peasants and serfs?
The major event that led to a labor shortage and weakened feudalism.
What is the plague?
The primary goals of the Crusades.
What are military expeditions to regain control of the Holy Land?
The Magna Carta.
What is a charter of liberties limiting royal power?
The years of the High Middle Ages.
What is 1000-1300 AD?
Land granted by a lord to a vassal.
What is a fief?
Technological advancements which changed warfare during the decline of feudalism.
What is gunpowder or cannons?
The Crusaders were primarily trying to capture this city.
What is Jerusalem?
The nobles met here to create the Magna Carta.
What is Runnymede?
This helped revive trade during the High Middle Ages.
What are the Crusades and growth of towns and cities?
Vassals were obligated to provide this in exchange for land.
What is loyalty and military service?
How the decline of the Catholic Church's power affected feudalism.
What is it contributed to the decline of feudal structures?
The Crusades affect trade in Europe in this way.
What is they expanded trade and increased demand for goods?
This king was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
Who is King John of England?
Characteristics of Romanesque architecture.
What is thick walls and small windows?
Feudalism could create conflicts of loyalty because of this.
What is because vassals could owe allegiance to multiple lords?
These began to replace knights as kings established standing armies.
What are professional soldiers?
The political effects of the Crusades on European monarchies.
What is they strengthened monarchies and weakened feudal lords?
The key promise of the Magna Carta.
What is the protection of rights and liberties?
This feature allowed gothic cathedrals to have larger windows.
What is the use of buttresses?
The ways in which feudalism impacted the political structure in Europe.
What is it decentralized power and created a feudal hierarchy?
Ways feudalism created a complicated web of loyalties.
What is vassals owing allegiance to multiple lords, leading to conflicts?
The social impact of the Crusades on European society.
What is cultural exchange or increased intolerance?
Why the Magna Carta considered important in history.
What is it laid the foundation for constitutional law and individual rights?
How stained glass windows were used in cathedrals?
What is to depict religious scenes and illuminate interiors?