World Studies: Chapter 10
in the Code of Chilvary, what three things were knights promised to uphold?
-christianity -defend women -protect the weak
The Carolingian Empire was divided into how many major sections?
3
at what age does a boy begin his knighthood?
7
how does a boy start off in knighthood?
Becoming a page for a lord
Who is the greatest ruler of Medieval Europe?
Charlemagne
The Carolingian Empire began to fall apart soon after what event?
Charlemagne's death
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
Cyrillic Alphabet
a woman who is knighted is called a ____
Dame
William of Normandy took a census known as the ______.
Domesday Book
In the Carolingian Empire, what were the three sections that were divided called?
East Frankish Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, West Frankish Kingdom
a social or political class.
Estate
The first French parliament
Estates General
under feudalism, a grant of land made to a vassal; the vassal held political authority of it.
Fief
who considered Italy the center of a "Holy empire" ?
Frederick I
who are the two most famous members of one particular German dynasty?
Frederick I and Frederick II
Who caused the Rise of Christianity?
Georgory I or George the Great
A famous horde of the Mongol Empire that conquered the region of modern-day Russia.
Golden Horde:
In the thirteenth century, a medival trade association called _____ developed in the Baltic and North Sea region.
Hanseatic League
under feudalism, a member of the heavily armored cavalry.
Knight
In the Early Middle Ages, what was wealth based primarily of?
Land
In feudal society, what was the chief virtue?
Loyality to one's lord
the "Great Charter" of rights, which King John was forced to sign by the English nobles at Runnymede in 1215
Magna Carta(Runnymeade 1215)
what is the name for the best-known Saxon King of Germany?
Otto I
a boy in training for knighthood, ranking next below a squire in the personal service of a knight.
Page
In thirteenth-century England, the representative government that emerged;it was composed of two knights from every county, two people from town, and all the nobles and bishops throughout England.
Parliament (house of Lords/ house of Commons)
Who was Charlemagne's father?
Pepin the Short
What is another name for Philip IV?
Philip the Fair
The ___ peoples were originally a single people in Central Europe
Slavic
assistants to the knights
Squire
What was Frederick I's goal in building a Holy Empire?
To get chief revenues
What was the major obligation of a vassal to his lord?
To perform military service, usually about 40 days a year.
Under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity.
Vassal:
what does the armor of a knight consist of? Both Girls Value Memories
Visior, Breastplate, gauntlet,mail
what is the wife a knight called?
a Lady
When a lord wanted men to fight for them, what would the lord grant each vassal?
a piece of land
who created the Rus state known as the principality of Kiev?
a viking leader named, Oleg
The special tap to become a knight was a
accolade
what was the symbol for knighthood?
armor
the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people.
bourgeoisie
The merchants and artisans of the new Roman cities later came to be called ____.
burghers or Bourgeoisie
Iron was crucial in making the _____.
carruca
in the middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold.
chivalry
an economic system in which peopl invested in trade and goods for profits
commercial capitalism
a uniform system of law that developed in England based on court decisions and on customs and usage rather than on written law codes; replaced law codes that varied from place to place.
common law
A binding agreement between two or more people of parties.
contract
True or false? Feudalism was always a simple type of government
false, it became complicated
Feudalism came to be characterized by a set of unwritten rules- known as the _______
feudal contract
Political and social order that developed during the Middle Age when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for service.
feudalism
Young knights had little to do but ____.
fight
business associations
guilds
why is Charlemagne the greates ruler of Medieval Europe?
he unites Europe under the church
To become a vassal, a man performed an act of ____ to his lord.
homage
Why is the battle of Tours so important?
it kept Europe Christian
individual combat between two knights
joust
who was forced into sealing theh magna carta?
king john
The ____ had great social prestige and formed the backbone of the European aristocracy
knights
in medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked
manor
an economic system based on money rather than barter
money economy
Only ____ were elected to public office.
patrician
a wealthy, powerful landowner
patrician
in medieval Europe, a peasant legally bound to the land who had to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to the lord's control.
serf
What aided the growth of farming?
technology
what was the main reason for the fall of Rome?
the Barbarians took over
What happens after the death a powerful ruler?
the empire falls
What was Frederick II's goal in building an Empire?
to establish a strong, centralized state in Italy
True or false? More men than women lived in medival cities.
true
true or false? Serfs could not have left the manor without the lord's permission.
true
what was Louis IX best known for?
trying to bring justice to his people
A man who served a lord in a military capacity was known as a ___.
vassal
At the heart of feudalism was the idea of _____.
vassalage
In the Middle Ages, European feudal society was dominated by men whose chief concern was ____.
warfare.
Gradually, the Slavic people divided into three groups:...
western, southern, and eastern Slavs