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Early Middle Ages
Feudal Life
The Church
Grow & Buy
100
a sparsely populated, undeveloped area
What is frontier
100
He who unified Western Europe.
What is Charlemagne
100
Mock battles that knights participated in
What is tournament
100
This was the social center of the manor
What is village church
100
This replaced the old wooden plow
What is iron plow
200
Middle age
What is medieval
200
The treaty that divided Charlemagne's empire.
What is the Treaty of Verdun
200
This group of people were granted land
What is vassals
200
Christians had to pay this to the Church
What is tithe
200
This new agricultural system restored soil fertility and increased food production.
What is three-field system
300
Wandering poets
What is trabadours
300
The invaders that weakened Western Europe after Charlemagne's death. (name all 3)
What is vikings, magyars, and muslims
300
Noblewomen did this when their husband or father was off fighting.
What is supervised vassals, managed the household, and performed necessary agricultural and medical tasks.
300
The benedictine rule involved what three vows
What is obedience, poverty, and purity (or chastity)
300
These two new business practices during the High Middle Ages made conducting business easier and safer. It also spurred economic growth.
What is partnerships, bill of exchange, and/or insurance.
400
Monks who travel preaching to the poor
What is friars
400
Charlemagne revived this to make his court at Aachen a "second Rome"
What is Latin learning
400
Peasants were entitled this from Viking raids or feudal warfare.
What is lord's protection
400
Anyone how disobeyed this could face excommunication
What is canon law
400
As foreign invasions declined, this increased to meet growing population's demands for goods.
What is trade
500
lending money with interest
What is usury
500
Charlemagne appointed them to rule local regions
What is powerful nobles
500
European peasants scheduled their work based on this
What is season (spring and autumn= plowed and harvested; summer= hayed; other times they weeded, repaired fences, and other chores)
500
Pope Gregory VII outlawed this (two answers)
What is simony and marriage for priests
500
This regulated business by regulating the quality of goods, hours worked, competition, prices of goods. They also provided social services.
What is guilds