Franks | | another name for a land grant |
monastery | | Law of the Church. |
peasant | | epic poem about a battle between Charlemagne's knights and muslim invaders |
MANORSYSTEM | | The three masters of a knight were his Feudal Lord, God and his... |
Parliament | | traveling poet-musicians |
TOURNAMENTS | | one of two inventions from Asia that changed the technology of warfare in Western Europe |
treatyofverdun | | at the age of 21 of person of this status gained experience in local wars and tournaments |
stirrups | | Worldly. |
commercialrevolution | | this event during the Middle Ages contributed the most to trading and cultural diffusion |
journeymen | | A Frankish ruler who built a huge empire and unified Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire |
Pope | | The style of architecture intended to achieve better lighting through the use of large stain glass windows and high narrow arches. |
knight | | Christian religious communities in which member devote their lives to God |
chosenlady | | 3 years experience, subcontracted himself out to other masters |
COMMONLAW | | head of the Catholic Church |
Vassals | | church tax, 1/10 of income |
crusades | | Religious ceremonies that led to achieving salvation were called |
CODEofCHIVALRY | | The bishops and priest who the pope in Rome had authority over were called the… |
secular | | The main goal of this was to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks |
Church | | a set of ideals on how to act |
MiddleAges | | guarranteed trial by grand jury |
Feudalism | | period of European history from 500 to 1500 |
SongofRoland | | system of exchanging land for service |
guild | | The legislative body of Medieval England |
Holyromanempire | | The expansion of trade and changes in business practices |
crusades | | Germanic people who held power in the Roman province called Gaul |
CAROLINGIANDYNASTY | | synonym for serf |
fief | | process by which a cultural trait, material object, idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another |
Charlemagne | | Returning Crusaders brought more goods, spices, textiles, to Europe. This is known as... |
excommunication | | This was the act of taking a person’s right to membership in the Church |
magnacarta | | young new worker, ran errands and did chores |
manor | | Dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from 751 to 987 |
TROUBADORS | | mock battles that combined recreation and combat training |
ELEANORofAQUITAINE | | Most celebrated woman of the Middle Ages |
Romanesquestyle | | people who receive fiefs |
sacraments | | guaranteed certain basic political rights |
clergy | | another name for North-men |
culturaldiffusion | | An organization working to get the best prices or working conditions |
apprentice | | The style of Architecture with round arches and darker simplistic interiors |
layinvesture | | the medieval economic system |
GothicStyle | | The German-Italian Empire later became known as |
CULTURALDIFFUSION | | This institution offered unity, security, and a social life for peasants of the Middle Ages |
Vikings | | The practice of the appointment of church officials by kings and nobles was called… |
tithe | | Charlemagne’s empire was divided into kingdoms among his 3 grandsons |
CanonLaw | | a Lord's estate |