8.1
Another name for Charlemagne
Charles the Great
Loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings amongst lesser lords
Feudalism
Sacred rights of the church
Sacraments
Someone who paid rent for their farm land
Tenant Farmer
Who did Monks and Nuns look after?
This sick and poor
Where Charlemagne wanted to hold his Royal Court
Aachen
What age was a boy who was slated to become a knight leave his fathers castle?
7
Dedicated their lives to the church
Monks and Nuns
Season that Trade Fairs typically closed
Autumn/Fall
What new technologies were peasants using in the 800's to help on the farm?
Windmills, Iron Plow or Improved Harness
Charlemagne could _____ but not ______
Read but not write
Code Knights had to follow
Chivalry
Tax equal to 10% of a persons income
Tithe
Used wind to grind grain into flour
Windmill
Clovis converted to what?
Christianity
Job was to check on roads, listen to grievances and see that justice was being done
Missi Dominici
Wandering Poet
Troubadour
Authority over all secular rulers
Papal Supremacy
Merchants, Artisans and Traders formed what group?
Middle Class
Written document that set out rights and privileges of a town
Charter
Treaty that split Charlemagnes empire into 3 regions
Treaty of Verdun
Another word for lord's estate
Manor
Selling of church offices
Simony
Lending money at interest
Usury
What 3 did Monks and Nuns take under Benedictine Rule?
Obedience to head of the monastery
Poverty
Chastity