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Chapter 10
Chapter 10 flashcards
Question | Answer |
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Manorialism | System that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages; involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rents for access to land. |
Serfs | Peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system of the Middle Ages. |
Moldboard | Heavy plow introduced in northern Europe during the Middle Ages; permitted deeper cultivation of heavier soils; technological innovation of the medieval agricultural system. |
three-field system | system of agricultural cultivation by the 9th century in western Europe; included one-third in spring grains, one-third fallow. |
Clovis | Early Frankish King; converted Franks to Christianity c. 496; allowed establishment of Frankish kingdom. |
Caolingians | Royal house of Franks after 8th century until their replacement in 10th century. |
Charles Martel | One of the founders of the Carolingian line, responsible for defeating the muslims in the battle of Tours in 732. |
Middle Ages | The post classical period in western Europe began with the fall of the Roman Empire and lasted until the 15th century |
Vikings | Seagoing men from Scandinavia who periodically disrupted life from Ireland to Sicily. |
Charlemagne | Charles the Great; Carolingian monarch who established substantial empire in France and Germany |
Holy Roman Emperor | Emperors in northern Italy and Germany following split of Charlemagne's empire; failed to develop centralized monarchy in Germany. |
Vassals | Members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a feudal lord in return for military service and loyalty |
Magna Carta | Great Charter issued by King John of England in 1215 confirmed feudal rights against monarchical claims; represented principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy. |
William the Conqueror | invaded England from Normandy in 1066; extended tight feudal system to England, established administrative system based on sheriffs; established centralized monarchy |
Parliaments | Bodies representing privileged groups; institutionalized feudal principle that rulers should consult with their vassals; found in England, Spain, Germany, and France. |
three estates | The Three social groups considered most powerful in Western countries; church, nobles, and urban leaders |
Hundred Years War | Conflict between England and France from 1337 to 1453; fought over lands England Possessed in France and feudal rights versus the emerging claims of national stats |
Urban II | Called First Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to mount military assault to free the Holy Land from the Muslims |
Gregory VII | Pope during the 11th century who attempted to free church from interference of Feudal Lords; quarreled with Holy Roman emperor Henry IV over practice of lay investiture |
Peter Abelard | In the 12th century he wrote a treatise called yes and No in which he showed several logical contradictions in established interpretations of doctrine. |
Bernard of Clairvaux | Emphasized role of faith in preference to logic; stressed importance of mystical union with God; successfully challenged Abelard and had him Driven from the universities. |
Thomas Aquinas | Italian-born monk who taught at the University of Paris. |
SCholasticism | Dominant medieval philosophical approach; so=called because of its base in the schools or universities; based on use of logic to resolve theological problems |
Gothic | An architectural style developed during the Middle Ages in western Europe; featured pointed arches and flying buttresses as external supports on main walls. |
Hanseatic League | An organization of cities on northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance |
guilds | Sworn associations of people in the same business or craft in a single city; stressed security and mutual control; limited membership, regulated apprenticeship, guaranteed good workmanship; often established franchise within cities |
Black Death | Plague that struck Europe in 14th century; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure |