Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 4 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autocracy | A system of government by one person with absolute power. |
| Chivalry | A code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages including the qualities idealized by knighthood such a bravery and gallantry towards women |
| Czar | Russian word for Caesar, used as a title for Russian monarchs. |
| Excommunication | Banishment from the church |
| Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their King, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. |
| Fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service |
| Great Schism of 1054 | the official split between the Western Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church of the East |
| Hagia Sophia | the Church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, considered the best example of Byzantine architecture. |
| Icon | a representation or image of a sacred person, often considered sacred itself |
| Justinian's Code of Laws | This code was composed by the Emperor Justinian based on Roman laws, were the clearest and most comprehensive laws of the time. It spread Roman legal principle beyond the Empire |
| Knight | A man who received an honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier. |
| Lord | In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grants estates to vassals. |
| Manor | A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. |
| Manoralism | Economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lord and peasants shared the land. |
| Middle Ages/Medieval | the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1435) |
| Monastery | A place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world. |
| Patriarch | The highest church official; appointed by the Emperor to lead the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire |
| Secular | Non-religious; concerned with the worldly rather that spiritual matters. |
| Serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by a feudal lord. |
| Vassal | a person under the protection of the feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance. |
Created by:
lrodman
Popular World History sets