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history final
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| when did the middle ages start? | at the fall of the roman empire in 476 |
| how long did it last? | 1,000 years |
| what was the beginning of the middle ages called? | the dark ages |
| why was the crusades started? | to bring Jerusalem under christian control because the muslims had denied pilgrims access to the city |
| how many people died in eastern europe because of the bubonic plague? | almost half the population |
| how many asians did the bubonic plague kill? | 35 million |
| how did the black death spread? | rats traveled on the ships and transferred the disease to people and there was minimal medical care and cleanliness |
| when did the renaissance begin? | 1450 |
| what does the word renaissance mean? | rebirth |
| how long did the medieval period last? | ad 500 -ad 1500 |
| around 800, what did King Charlemagne do? | he reunited europe, built libraries and schools,and established law and order |
| what did king otto of germany do? | staunched invasions of northern aggressors |
| what became one of the most powerful institutions in the world? | the catholic church |
| who are the huns? | feared group of people from central asia |
| who did the huns push onto roman territory? | germanic tribes |
| what did the vikings have that the british didnt? | boats that could maneuver easily in lakes |
| what started feudalism? | people got frightened of the vikings so they went to lord to be protected by their knights and in return worked for the lord |
| what advances did the barbarians bring? | stirrups for riding horses and wielding swords, framed yoke for farming, pants, barrels, wheeled plows, etc. |
| where was william the conqueror born? | france |
| what did william want badly? | to rule england |
| who did he marry and when? | matilda of flanders, 1053 |
| why did that battle of hastings start and who was in it? | the people didn't like the idea of a french king, harold of wessix and william the conqueror |
| who won? | william |
| the feudal pyramid | royalty, barons, bishops and abbotts, dukes and earls and counts, viscounts and baliffs, knights and soldiers, merchants and commoners, villeins, serfs |
| keep | houses the owner of the castle |
| barbican | foreward gate |
| postern gate | back gate |
| arrow-loops | narrow openings in the castles towers to shoot arrows out of |
| portcullis | main gate |
| gatehouse | living quarters over the main gate |
| murder holes | holes in the ceiling just after the forward gate |
| a knight | a man on a horse |
| chainmail | what knights at first wore |
| bayuex tapestry | tapestry of battle of hastings |
| code of chivalry | code stating the rules of a knight |
| why did the knights armor change? | the cross bow was invented |
| how do knights put their armor on? | first they start with their knees and legs, then they add the body |
| why did horses have to wear armor? | because the long bow was invented and could shoot many arrows at once |
| name the sequence a kid becomes a knight | at 12 he becomes a servant to a knight as a squire, when he has finished his training, he gets dubbed on his left shoulder and rewarded a shield and golden spurs |
| what is the sword | the symbol of knight hood |
| what was the coat of arms? | own symbols to represent the family |
| cuisse | thigh |
| gauntlet | hand |
| gorget | throat |
| tasse | short skirt |
| sabaton | foot |
| churches power | priests rule parishes, bishops rule priests, popes rule bishops |
| what was the 8 major crusades about? | freeing the holy land from the invading muslims, |
| who was in it? | muslims, and european christian knights |
| who suffered because of the black death? | the church, people stopped believing in the church when their prayers weren't answered |
| where did the black death start? | in asia |
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