Feudalism
The system of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassals
Feudalism
A series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia
The Crusades
What are clergy?
Church officials
This deadly disease contributed to the collapse of the feudal and manor systems
Bubonic Plague / Black Death
True/False
Europe's geography is diverse across different regions
A piece of land given to a vassal is called a...
Fief
Who fought the hundred years war?
France and England
True/False: kings always had more power than popes
Who called upon Christians all over Europe to join the Crusades?
Pope Urban II
A community of nuns is called
When a knight makes an agreement with a noble, the knight becomes a vassal and the noble becomes a...
Lord
During the Reconquista, the Spanish made attempts to retake land from the...
Moors
Name the two branches of Christianity that developed in Eastern and Western Europe
Orthodox and Catholic
This document set out the principle that no person is above the law, even the king.
Magna Carta
Name the 3 most powerful kingdoms during the middle ages
England, France, the Holy Roman Empire
What is a serf?
A peasant farmer with restricted rights tied to the land on which they live but do not own
Who was the duke of Normandy that conquered England and became king?
William the Conqueror
What is heresy?
religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings
What issue did Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV argue about?
Who should choose church officials / Who had more power, the church or the government.
Large cathedral style churches hundreds of feet tall with stained glass windows were characteristics of...
Gothic Architecture
Name the main goal of the First Crusade
casting someone out from the church is known as...
excommunication
increased tension between Christians, Jews, and Muslims
increased trade between Europe and Asia
kings become more powerful
In this country, leaders were elected by nobles and were believed to be God ordained
The Holy Roman Empire