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