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Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clovis | King of the Franks in 486, converted to Christianity after taking over Gaul, won over the people and became an ally to the church |
| Islam | Believers were called Muslims and they were a major threat to Western Europe |
| Charlemagne | Emperor who loved battle, and exercised control over his many lands to create a united Christian Europe |
| Alcuin | Scholar who was in charge of Charlemagne's new school for education |
| Treaty of Verdun | Created by Charlemagne's grandsons after his death which split the empire up into three regions |
| Vikings | Powerful sea sailors and traders that were destructive and ruined unity of Charlemagne's empire |
| Medieval | Middle Ages |
| Frontier | Sparsely populated, undeveloped area on the outskirts of a civilization |
| Missi Dominici | Controllers of the provincial rulers who checked in and made sure that everything was running well |
| Curriculum | Formal course of education |
| What untapped resources did Western Europe possess in the early Middle Ages? | Dense forests, rich soil, mineral resources, fish, transportation routes, and mountain streams to turn water wheels |
| How did Clovis increase the power of the Frankish kingdoms? | He converted to Christianity |
| What steps did Charlemagne take to improve government and unify his empire? | Convert everyone to Christianity, powerful nobles of local regions, strengthened education system |
| What happened to his empire after Charlemagne died? | It broke apart and was split into three parts by Charlemagne's grandsons in a treaty known as the "Treaty of Verdun" |
| Feudalism | Loosely organized system of rule in which powerful lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords |
| Vassal | Lesser lords who pledge service and loyalty to greater lords who gave them land |
| Feudal Contract | Exchange of pledges between lords and vassals |
| Fief | Estate |
| Knight | Mounted warrior |
| Tournament | Mock battles |
| Chivalry | Code of conduct requiring knights to be brave, loyal and true |
| Troubadour | Wandering poets |
| Manor | Lord's estate |
| Serf | Peasants bound to land |
| Describe three features of feudal society | Lords control vassals who control peasants, everybody has a place in society, vassals could have fiefs from multiple lords complicating relationships |
| What obligations did lords and vassals have under the feudal system? | Lords granted estate and promised protection, Vassals pledged loyalty, provided lord with military service for 40 days each year, gave lords payments, and advice |
| How did the code of chivalry affect medieval ideas about women? | It placed women on a pedestal, it made women seem incapable of doing anything |
| What responsibilities did the peasant have towards the lord of a manor? | Peasants had to work several days a week, repaired roads, bridges, and fences, paid lord a fee for marriage, inheriting acres, or when they use local mill to grind grain |
| What responsibilities did the lord of the manor have toward the peasants? | Guaranteed food, housing and land |
| Benedictine Rule | Monk named Benedict organized the monastery of Monte Cassino, drew up a set of rules to regulate monastic life |
| Cluny | Set out to end abuses, revived the Benedictine rule, declared that nobles could not interfere with monastery affairs, filled the monastery with men devoted to religion |
| Francis of Assisi | Set up friars, preached the gospel and taught by example, preached poverty,humility,and the love of God |
| Dominicans | Set up friars, set up Dominican order to combat heresy by teaching official Roman Catholic beliefs |
| Beguines | Reform group for women which welcomed all women and was a convent |
| Sacrament | Sacred rites of the church |
| Tithe | Tax equal to a tenth of income for Christians |
| Secular | Worldy |
| Papal Supremacy | Authority over all secular rulers |
| Canon Law | Body of laws for the church |
| Excommunication | When people were denied the sacraments of a church and a christian burial as a punishment |
| Interdict | Same as excommunication except it is for an entire town |
| Simony | Selling of Church offices |
| Friar | Monks who did not live in isolated monasteries but traveled around Europe's growing towns preaching to the poor |
| Antisemitism | Prejudice against Jews |
| Describe three ways in which the church shaped medieval life | Social center, Church people held high gov. positions, it unified them but also caused power problems |
| How did monks and nuns help build Christian civilization in Europe? | The monks and nuns acted as hospitals and schools dedicating their life to spirituals and helping others |
| How did the Church increase its secular power? | The church had high government positions so they had a lot of power which only grew |
| What reforms did Francis and Dominic promote? | Friars, combating heresy and perching of poverty, humility, and love of God |
| Why were Jewish communities able to flourish in Spain? | They were tolerant of the Jewish religion allowing them to expand |
| High Middle Ages | 1000 to 1300, economic recovery for Europe |
| Charter | Written document set out the rights and privileges of the town |
| Capital | Money for investment |
| Partnership | Group of merchants who pooled funds to finance a large-scale venture that would have been too costly for any individual trader |
| Bill of Exchange | When a merchant deposited money with a banker in his home city and the banker issued this bill which the merchant exchanged for cash in a distant city |
| Tenant Farmer | Farmers laborers who paid rent for their land |
| Middle Class | Class between nobles and peasants |
| Usury | Lending money at interest |
| Guild | Associations of either merchants or artisans |
| Apprentice | Trainee |
| Journeyman | Salaried workers |
| What were two effects of the agricultural revolution that took place during the Middle Ages? | New technologies and expanding production |
| What new ways of doing business evolved in the Middle Ages? | Partnerships, Bills of Exchange, Shipping Fee |
| How did a merchant guild differ from a craft guild? | Merchant guilds dominated town life passing laws, deciding taxes, and how to spend the towns money. Craft guilds represented workers in one occupation and they resented the powerful merchants |
| How did guilds improve life for townspeople? | Gave them more say and power |
| What did guilds do? | Protected own economic interest, limited membership in guilds, no one except guild members could work in that trade,made rules to regulate hours, quality of goods and prices, provided social services,pledged support to women and orphans of their members |
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