Question | Answer |
What was the medieval social class structure? | King, Noble, Vassals, Serfs |
What is feudalism? | a system of loyalties and protections based on mutual obligatios |
What was the main duty of the knights? | To fight battles |
Troubadours were... | Poet- Musicians |
Punishments by the church | excommunication and interdiction |
How were poor and noble women alike? | They were considered inferior to men and they had very little power. |
Steps to knighthood were... | Page, Squire, and knight. |
The church established its own... | organization |
Throughout the middle ages most people couldnt | read or/and write |
Epics were... | Long poems |
Members of the Carolingian Dynasty were | Charles Martel, Pepin the Short and Charlemagne |
Code of conducts for knights | Chivalry |
What is a tournament | a staged battle for entertaining audiences and training knights. |
Only a boy of..... could become a knight | Noble Birth |
Why did the people need to turn to local leaders for help? | They needed protection from them because they had no central government |
Religious ceremonies that led to achieving salvation were called | sacraments |
The bishops and priests who the pope had authority over were called the | bishops |
What was the job of peasants on a manor? | They maintained and grew crop |
Knights were to fight for three masters... | their chosen lady, their lord and God |
What were the three main group of the feudal society? | Those who prayed (church officials), those who worked (peasants/serfs), and those who fought (nobles and knights) |
What was the canon law? | Law of the church |
Why was church so important to the people? | The church was the most dominant institution |
Name some effects of the germanic invasions | 1. moving goods from place to place became unsafe
2. People fled to the countryside
3. People became less educated
4. A common language was lost |
A medieval manor was a | self sufficient unit |
Knights most commonly traded military service for | lan |