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Module 10
Module 10 - Early Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are three reasons why civilization in western Europe declined after the fall of the Roman Empire? | Disruption of trade, the downfall of cities, population shifts. |
| What replaced Roman provinces between the years 400 and 600? | Small germanic kingdoms. |
| What role did monasteries play during the Middle Ages? | Monasteries were a religious community of monks who had given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship. They were the center of community life that helped the Germanic people in the society to convert to Christianity. |
| Besides a win for Charles Martel and his forces, what did the Battle of Tours mean? | If the Muslims had won, western Europe might have become part of the Muslim Empire. Consequently, the victory in the Battle of Tours made Charles Martel a Christian hero. |
| What were Charlemagne's achievements? | Charlemagne went on to build an empire greater than any known since ancient Rome. Through conquests, Charlemagne was able to spread Christianity. He was also able to reunite Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. |
| What were the roots/ foundation of the Middle Ages or early Europe? | The roots or foundation of the Middle Ages and early Europe were the classical heritage of Rome, the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, and the customs of various Germanic tribes. |
| During what time period did the Middle Ages take place? | After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Middle Ages began in 500 and ended around 1500. |
| What was feudalism? | The system of feudalism was based on rights and obligations. In exchange for military protection and other services, a lord would give land called a fief. Feudalism was the social class structure, economic system, and political system for the Middle Ages. |
| During the decline of trade during the early Middle Ages, how could that have contributed to the self-sufficient manor system? | It would leave the serfs to continue to raise everything that they, their lord, and their lady needed for daily life. |
| What benefits did a manor provide for the people who lived there? | Serfs would be given housing, farmland, and protection from bandits (from their lords), and in return, serfs would tend their lord’s estate, its animals, and perform other tasks to maintain the estate. |
| What was the social class structure of feudalism (top to bottom)? | Pope/King Lords Vassals (lesser lords) Knights Serfs |
| What kinds of things would you typically see on a manor? | A Castle, a church, a village, farmland to grow crops and to domesticate animals, mills, and a forest. |
| What was chivalry? | A code of behavior in which knights in medieval Europe would follow. It particularly stressed ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion. |
| What were the steps to knighthood? | Page - A boy would be sent off to a castle of another lord. He would learn manners and practice fighting skills Squire - A boy would become a servant of a knight Knight - A young man could become a knight himself |
| How were the lives of a noblewoman and a peasant woman similar? Different? | Both were controlled by men. However, noblewoman activities dealt with home and religion, where peasant women endured hard labor. |
| What were some common subjects of troubadours' songs? | Chivalry and courtly love. |
| From what part of the social class structure did a boy have to come from during Medieval Times in order to be able to undergo knighthood? | A boy of noble birth could train to become a knight (that's it). |
| Who were knights supposed to defend as well as serve to? | Knights fought bravely and protected three masters; their lord, their God, and their chosen lady. |
| What was the main goal of Everyone in the Middle Ages? | To reach heaven by doing whatever they are told and not questioning your position in life. |
| Why was excommunication so scary to a King/Monarch (or anyone really)? | It would block you off from the Church. For a king, it would also block him off from the pope who also had power and control over people. For the king and people, it would stop them from reaching heaven which was the whole goal of a medieval person. |
| Why would people just accept their social status in life? | People were told by the Church/Christianity that their position in life is what God wanted for them. |
| Why was Charlemagne's empire so significant even after its end? | Leaders still looked up to it, and what it did. Kings tried to revive, or restore what Charlemagne's empire did, and its alliance with the church. |
| What was the power struggle between Pope/Church and King/Monarch? | The Roman Catholic Church/Pope was educated and held the power of reaching heaven over the king and the people of his kingdom. The church and the Pope both stepped out of their boundaries of control and tried to influence the issues in one another spaces. |
| What was the main role of women in medieval society? | Take care of their home and their children |
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