Chapter 9 Test Questions

In 1066, William of Normandy

Invaded England, soundly defeating King Harold's forces at the Battle of Hastings

The Domesday Book was

The first census since Roman times

While the lord was away at war or court, management of his estate fell to

The lady of the castle

The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was

A piece of land

The Carolingian Renaissance was

A revival of learning and culture

__________ was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold

Chivalry

The push for the Crusades came when

Emperor Alexius asked for aid

Saint Benedict founded a community of monks that

Established the basic form of monasticism in the Catholic Church

The Magna Carta was a document that

Eventually was used to strengthen the idea that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute

The _______ was a set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal

Feudal contract

Under Germanic law, if an accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, or ______________, he or she was presumed innocent

Ordeal

_________ led the Muslim forces to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders

Saladin

The Venetian leaders of the Fourth Crusade

Saw an opportunity to neutralize the Byzantine Empire and divert their army to Constantinople

Gregory I, also known as Gregory the Great,

Strengthened the power of the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church

Justinian's codification of Roman law resulted in

The Body of Civil Law

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

The Frankish policy of settling then and converting them to Christianity

Charlemagne established the missi dominici, who were

Two men who were sent out to the local districts to ensure that the counts were carrying out the king's orders

At the heart of feudalism was

Vassalage, which meant warriors swore loyalty to a lord, who in turn took care of their needs

Philip II Augustus greatly increased the power of the French monarchy by

Waging war on the rulers of England and gaining control of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Aquitaine

Under early Germanic law, a wrongdoer had to pay _________, or "money for a man," to the family of the person he injured or killed

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