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Ch. 13 Middle Ages
Davis - SVHS - Chapter 13 European Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Germanic group of people from Gual, modern day France? | the Franks |
| Religious communities where monks lived? | monasteries |
| This word simply means "worldly"? | secular |
| peasants who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born? | serfs |
| A church tax? | tithe |
| It demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters? | chivalry |
| These people were poet-musicians? | troubadours |
| Refers to religious officials? | clergy |
| Important religious ceremonies? | sacraments |
| Ceremony in which kings and nobles choose church officials? | lay investiture |
| Results of repeated invasions of the Germanic tribes on Western Europe? | disruption in trade, downfall of cities, population shifts, a decline in learning, and loss of a common language |
| Why did learning decline during the invasions by Germanic tribes? | invaders could neither read nor write and did not understand Latin |
| What was Germanic government based on? | unwritten rules and traditions |
| The leader who brought Christianity to the Franks was? | Clovis |
| Who was the person responsible for increasing the papel power/Church's secular role during the Middle Ages? | Gregory I |
| What was the significance of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor? | it joined Germanic power with the Church and the heritage of Rome |
| Which of the following groups of invaders were not only warriors but also traders, farmers, and outstanding explorers? | Vikings |
| Which of the following groups of invaders were not interested in settling conquered lands rather they sold their captives into slavery? | Magyars |
| Which of the following groups of invaders struck from the South where they controlled the Mediterranean Sean and disrupted trade? | Muslims |
| Under the system of feudalism what was a fief? | a land grant |
| What describes the high price paid by peasants for the priviledge of living on the lord's land? | paid a tax on all grain, paid a tax on marriage, and paid a tax to the village priest |
| In the feudal system, what was a manor? | the lord's entire estate |
| What was the bargain made between a lord and a vassal? | the lord would grant the vassal land in exchange for military service |
| According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for who? | his feudal lord, his heavenly lord, and his lady |
| Cannon law deals with issues under the authority of? | the Church |
| Lay investiture deals with issues under the authority of? | the Emperor |
| The interdict was an effictive weapon for a pope to use against a king because? | it cost the king the loyalty of his subjects, who feared for their souls |
| Emperor Henry IV's punishment for defying the pope was? | excommunication |
| Pope Gregory VII and the German emperor Henry IV fought over the issue of? | secular appointment of bishops |
| The Concordat of Worms resolved a power struggle between which two groups? | the Church and the Holy Roman Emperor |