chapter 5

The scholar who helped Charlemagne establish a school at the palace at Aachen was

Alcuin of York

_____ is the most famous collection of early medieval lyric poetry

Carmina Burana

A _____ was land given in exchange for a certain number of fighting days a year.

Fief

Under _____ a vassal owed his lord a certain number of fighting days per year.

Geudalism

The beginning letter of many medieval manuscripts was _____, which means it was decorated by a narrative representation appropriate to the upcoming text.

Historiated

Beautifully decorated, handwritten books are called

Illuminated manuscripts

An example of a medieval romance is

Lancelot

During the conquest of England, _____ defeated Harold the Anglo-Saxon king

William of Normandy

The only surviving medieval narrative textile, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest is called the

Bayeux Tapestry

The first monumental literary composition in a European vernacular language was a 3000 line epic poem called

Beowulf

The 4000-line poem The Song of Roland is an example of a

Chanson de geste

The strict code of behavior that guided a knight's conduct and manners is called

Chivalry

Charlemagne _____.

Could barely read or write

The _____ of the 11th to 13th centuries began as an effort to rescue Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks.

Crusades

The 11th-century liturgical play called _____ tells the story of the three Magi and the massacre of the innocents.

Play of Herod

The plan for an ideal monastery was found at the monastery of

St. Gall

The 7th-century Anglo-Saxon grave in which an 89-foot-long ship served as a tomb was found at

Sutton Hoo