Places
The region the Vikings were from
Scandinavia
The class of people was at the bottom of the hierarchy in Medieval Feudalism
Peasants/Serfs
The period of time in Western Civilization when Norse raiders regularly attacked Europe
The Viking Age
The Rule of Saint Benedict
When the monks in Saint Benedict's monastery became unhappy with his leadership, they...
...tried to murder him with poisoned wine.
The name of the political state that sought to reunify the Western lands and "resurrect" Rome in the West
The Holy Roman Empire
The name of the Frankish king named (Holy) Roman Emperor in 800 AD
Charlemagne
The Migration Period refers to...
... the period of widespread invasion/invitation of "Barbarians" into Western Rome.
The foundation of the Medieval curriculum, divided into the Trivium and Quadrivium
The Seven Liberal Arts
The name of the formal split between Western and Eastern Christianity in 1054
The Great Schism
The name of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople
What was the name of the Norman Duke who claimed the throne of England in 1066?
Series of eight religious wars to reclaim the Holy Land in the Middle East from Muslim control
The Crusades
Late Medieval Crises
The language spoken by the English speak prior to the Norman Conquest
Old English
The location to which Pope Clement V moved the papal court
Avignon, France
The three estates of the Middle Ages
1. Those who Pray
2. Those Who Fight
3. Those Who Work
Catastrophic crop failure and food crisis in Northern Europe during the Late Middle Ages
The Great Famine
When populations abandon cities and move to farms and villages (as they did after the fall of Rome in the West)
Ruralization
The three specialties students could choose from in medieval universities
Theology, Medicine & Law
Two Parts:
1. The original target of the Fourth Crusade.
2. The final target of the Fourth Crusade.
1. Jerusalem
2. Constantinople
The French king who kidnapped Pope Boniface VIII following a disagreement over taxes, etc.
Philip IV (the Fair)
The name of the meeting where Jan Hus was tried and executed for heresy
The Council of Constance
Financial system is based on physical money, rather than bartering
Cash Economy
The room in which Medieval Monks would write and copy manuscripts
Scriptorium