Chapter 13 European Middle Ages Building Vocabulary
A landowner who granted land in exchange for military protection and other services
A
Secular
A
Land granted by a landowner
B
Monastery
B
A lord's estate
C
Carolingian Dynasty
C
When Pepin the Short became "king by grace of God," this began the BLANK
Carolingian Dynasty
The heir to the Frankish Kingdom who extended Frankish rule was named BLANK, or Charles the Great
Charlemagne
Powerful landholders who governed their counties under Charlemagne were called BLANK
Counts
A church tax paid to the village priest
D
Franks
D
Charlemagne
E
The person receiving land from a landowner
E
What was the main reason why feudalism developed in Europe?
Europeans were in fear of raids. Had no strong central government.
A germanic people sometimes referred t as Northmen or Norsemen
F
Sacrament
F
A BLANK was land granted by a lord in exchange for military protection and other services
Flef
The BLANK were a Germanic people who were in power in the Roman province of Gaul
Franks
Holy Roman Empire
G
People who were bound to the land of a lord and who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born
G
Middle Ages
H
Mounted horsemen who pledged to define their lords' lands in exchange for their own land
H
What were the main ideas behind feudalism
Land owners ruled over their land separately. Used to create a system of protective alliances and relationships.
In a ceremony called BLANK, kings or nobles appointed church officials
Lay Investiture
The most powerful person in the Frankish kingdom in 700 was known as BLANK
Major Domo
In the Middle Ages, a BLANK was a lord's estate
Manor
This era of European history called the BLANK began with the decline of the Roman Empire
Middle Ages
The Christian Chruch built religious communities called BLANK
Monasteries
BLANK is considered to hace been the first nun of the Benedictine order
Scolastica
When Gregory I became pope, he broadened the scope of authority for his office into a BLANK power.
Secular
A BLANK was a peasant, or worker, who was bound to the land
Serf
Peasant families paid the village priest a church tax called a BLANK, which amounted to one-tenth of their income
Tithe
The three sons of Louis the Pious signed the BLANK, which divided the empire into three kingdoms
Treaty of Verdun
A person who received land from a lord was called a BLANK
Vassal
