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Chapter 10
Medieval Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the political and social order developed in Europe during the Middle Ages where nobles offered protected to subjects in return for service | feudalism |
| a man who served the lord in a military capacity | vassal |
| a member of the heavily armored cavalry | knight |
| the land given to a vassal | fief |
| the unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and vassal | feudal contract |
| a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold | chivalry |
| a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare | carruca |
| an agricultural estate owned by a lord and worked by peasants | manor |
| a peasant bound to the land who provided labor service to a lord | serf |
| the middle class | bourgeoisie |
| a wealthy, powerful landowner | patrician |
| a uniform system of English law based on customs and usage | Common Law |
| a charter of rights signed by the English King John in 1215 | Magna Carta |
| the representative government of England | Parliament |
| a social or political class | estate |
| The bourgeoisie was made up of these people | merchants and artisans |
| This system allowed Europeans to harvest more crops each year | Three-Field System |
| These two houses made up English Parliament | House of Lords and House of Commons |
| The revival of trade in Europe led to the growth of these | cities |
| Serfs primarily performed this type of work for the lords | agriculture |
| This was a trading alliance of northern European cities | Hanseatic League |
| This group conquered Russia in the 13th century | Mongols |
| The vassal received this in return for his military service to a lord | land |
| She was a wealthy woman who married to a French and then an English king | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| This became popular during the late 12th century | jousting between knights |
| Clergy, nobles, and peasants made up these | The Three Estates |
| The diet of Europeans was mainly made up of this | grain |
| He defeated the English in 1066 and became the English king | William of Normandy |
| The Magna Carta was an agreement between these two groups | king and vassals |
| These people were invaders from Scandinavia | Vikings |
| the Catholic Church and women strongly supported this | chivalry |
| What empire was located primarily in the present-day country of Germany | Holy Roman Empire |
| The Viking converted to this religion | Christianity |
| He expanded the power of the king in England | Henry II |
| The Kievan Rus eventually became this group | the Russians |
| The Capetians became the ruling dynasty of this country in the late 10th century | France |
| He was an archbishop of Canterbury who was killed for opposing the king of England | Thomas a Beckett |
Created by:
Mrs. Marquardt