Feudalism
Feudalism consisted of a pyramid of the three ranks of society. What area did Thralls (Slaves and Peasants) fall in the pyramid we did in class?
Bottom
Bread was eaten the majority of the time by who? Whose diet in the Feudalism Pyramid?
Peasants or Thralls
Craftspeople controlled trade, set product standards, and regulated prices. What do we call them?
Guilds
What disaster struck Europe from 1347–1353?
Black Death Plague
The Crusade Wars were between what 2 religions?
Christianity vs. Muslims
How many fields would a lord have for rotation?
3 fields
A person who was a free peasant received a promotion to move up was called what?
Serf
Around 1000, Western Europe went from battering (trading) to what?
Money Economy
How many Europeans died from the Black Death?
25 million people
The feature that made Gothic cathedrals distinct from Romanesque was
Flying Buttresses
Name the invaders that attacked Europe in the 9th century and helped cause feudalism.
Vikings
A Serf worked how many days out of the week?
3 days
The main items that were traded were by ships. What are the five items that were traded or bought?
Fur, Spices, Wool, Sugar, and Silks
Rats with fleas belonged to outbreak of this plague.
Black Death Plague
A Church court system that punished with torture or execution is called
Inquisition
What was a vassal?
A knight serving a lord in exchange for land
Peasants, slaves, serfs got protection and worked for who?
Lords
Name the league that united 100+ northern cities for trade in Western Europe was
The Hanseatic League
How many people lived in a Medieval city in 1000s?
5,000
The main goal of the Crusades was
To capture the Holy Land
What word describes Feudalism where one person is this to the higher rank? It's a virtue that everyone might have.
Loyalty
True or False. Lords held no legal rights over serfs, including the ability to try them in courts.
False
New trading companies and banks created laws for managing money and trade. This began the rise of
Capitalism
How did the Black Death Plague spread?
From ships and trading goods with other countries.
What Christian philosopher studied the ideas of Aristotle, believed that truths arrived through reason and faith, and humans can arrive at natural law?
Thomas Aquinas