The Church
The Three major holidays celebrated by peasants in the Middle Ages. (Name all 3)
What is Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost?
The non-noble, urban-dwelling class of citizens from the Middle Ages
What are the Bourgeoisie? or What are Burghers?
The top of the Feudal System hierarchy.
Who is the Kings? or What is the church?
Series of attacks by European Christians with the goal of recapturing the “Holy Land” (Jerusalem)
What are the Crusades?
French peasant who convinced King Charles to let her join the army. She acted as a leader in the Battle of Orleans. She was captured by the English, tried for witchcraft, and burned at the stake.
Who is Joan of Arc
A separation between 2 large branches of Christianity.
What is a Schism?
Business associations during the Middle Ages
What are guilds?
Noblemen who were the primary military force during the Middle Ages. Heavily armored cavalry units.
What are Knights?
A war fought between England and France over land disputes and the claim to the French throne.
What is the Hundred Year's War?
He became King of the Franks in 768. He is known for his conquests and spreading of Christianity.
Who is Charlemagne
The emperor of the Byzantine State and leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is a Patriarch?
The staple food of a Medieval Peasant's diet.
What is bread?
A man who served a lord in a military capacity
What is a Vassal?
An illness that devastated Medieval Europe from 1347-1351. It killed between 25 and 40 million people.
What is the Black Death?
The emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in the year 527. He reclaimed Rome's territory surrounding the Mediterranean but quickly lost control of it.
Who is Justinian?
The Popes ability to forbid priests from giving the sacraments of the church to a particular group of people.
What is Interdiction?
Peasants legally bound to the land provided by their lord
What are Serfs?
Land grants given to vassals in exchange for military service.
What is a Fief?
The two major trade centers during the High Middle Ages. (Name Both)
What are Venice and Flanders?
The strangely named Pope elected in 1198 who is known for his use of interdiction.
Who is Pope Innocent III?
Secular rulers nominating church officials and giving them the symbols of their office instead of the Pope.
What is Lay investiture?
Craftsmen who worked under masters but earned profit for their work.
What are Journeymen?
In order to reside on a manor, a peasant would give this to the lord.
What is Rent? or What is a share of the goods from manor grounds?
What is Iron?
The English King at the beginning of the Hundred Years' War.