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Middle Ages
history for mr.westricks class 11/17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anglo Saxons | Northern Germany, Southern Scandinavia, spread to Northern France and Britain |
| Celts | Ireland and Scotland, spread to Spain, Eastern Europe,, head hunting |
| Franks | German, Clovis-leader, Christianity |
| Huns | from Central Asia,Attila was leader in 445 AD, went to Rome put victims heads on poles to warn others |
| Vandals | German, Gaiseric was leader who moved to Africa, became pirates in 429AD |
| Vikings | Scandinavia, Iceland,Britain,Greenland,NA, sailors decorated boats |
| Feudalism | social structure, lords and vassals |
| Lords | rulers |
| Vassals | lords "servants" |
| Peasants | lowest level, huts with dirt floors |
| Serfs | slaves, bound to the lords for life, almost no rights, could become free if they ran away and stayed away for a year and a day |
| Primogeniture | giving the land,money,and titles to the oldest son |
| Page | 7, placed under the care of a lord or knight |
| Squire | 13, took a consecrated sword from a bishop or priest and swore to use it for religious and honorable purposes |
| Chivalry | the qualities idealized by knighthood:bravery, courtesy,honor, and gallantry towards women |
| Heraldry | how you came up with and designed your families coat of arms |
| Castle | home of kings and nobles |
| Keep | main castle |
| Curtain | inner and outer walls surrounding the castle |
| Great Hall | huge multipurpose room |
| Solar | family room |
| Moat | water surrounding the castle to keep invaders out |
| Guilds | group of merchants |
| Apprentice | 13,lives with a master(2-7 years) |
| Journeyman | mid 20's,paid to stay with master and produce masterpiece with his own materials and money |
| Master Craftsman | after masterpiece was approved by guilds they opened their own business |
| Reasons for harsh punishment | leaders wanted to prove they were powerful |
| Most common crimes | stealing,treason,heresy,witchcraft,vagrancy |
| Brank | metal cage over your head to embarrass you |
| Pear of anguish | four leaves that slowly spread apart to rip up your mouth |
| Rack | two rollers that were used to pull your limbs apart |
| Wheel | tied to a wheel, every time you came back around you were hit with a hammer |
| Sprinkler | filled with molten sliver and thrown at your face |
| How the church influenced daily life | baptized,prayers,attended church, paid taxes,weddings, last rites,funeral services |
| Pope | father-leader |
| Monks | contact with people on daily basis,spread the word of the church |
| Nuns | brides of Christ |
| Excommunication | banned from a church or religion |
| Monastery | home where monks lived |
| Scriptorium | where monks copied the bibles by hand |
| University | church schools used when the monastery ran out of room |
| Importance of artwork in churches | most people couldn't read so the artwork told them the stories of the bible |
| Pilgrimages | journeys made to religious places |
| Reasons for the crusades | to win back the holy land |
| How the black death came to Europe | fleas on rats |
| Symptoms | swollen lymph nodes trembling coughing blood high fever |
| How people reacted | fled to the country side converted to Christianity and didn't touch each other |
| Who was blamed | Jewish |
| How it helped to end feudalism | many people died, there wasn't many lords or vassals left, fewer serfs, paid serfs, more people in the cities |
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marge3
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