Goverment
What was the main system of government and land ownership in Medieval Europe?
Feudalism
The leader of the Catholic Church.
What is the Pope?
An organization of people in the same trade that sets prices and standards.
What are Guilds?
The document that limited the power of the English king and gave rights to nobles.
What is the Magna Carta?
He became king of the Franks in 768 and expanded his kingdom into a large empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
In feudalism, what did a lord give to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and military service?
What is a Feif?
The seven sacred rites, such as baptism and communion.
Hint: Pope controlled these
What are the sacraments?
A written document giving townspeople rights to govern themselves.
What is a charter?
The English king was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
Who is King John?
Charlemagne nickname
Charles the Great
or
King of Franks
These poor farmers worked the land for their lord and could not leave without permission.
What is a Serf?
The power to exclude someone from the Church.
Hint: What you to an ex
What is excommunication?
A young person who trained under a master craftsman.
What is an apprentice?
The first representative government in England.
Hint: Gave the common folk a say
What is the Model Parliament?
In the year 800, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans by this religious leader.
Who is Pope Leo III
Their main duty was to protect their lord’s land and serve in battle.
What is a knight?
When the pope punished an entire region by closing churches and denying sacraments.
What is an interdict?
Peasants left manors for jobs, weakening lords’ power. Hint: What did this weaken?
How did the rise of towns weaken feudalism?
A long conflict between England and France over land and the throne.
What is the 100-year war?
Charlemagne strengthened his empire by spreading this religion across Europe.
What is Christianity?
This term describes the system of loyalty where everyone owed service to someone above them and protection to those below.
Hint: Pyramid
What is the Feudal Hierarchy?
The split between the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East.
What is the Great Schism?
This deadly disease spread quickly through crowded trade towns, killing millions and helping end feudalism.
What is the Black Death (or bubonic plague)?
It killed millions, ended serfdom, and shifted power to workers.
What is the black death?
His empire helped unite Western Europe and led to the start of this future empire that continued his legacy.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?