Medieval Europe
The Middle Ages
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This comprehensive summary of the Middle Ages covers key events, social structures, and influential figures. It explores the decline of the Roman Empire, the rise of feudalism, the impact of the Church, the Hundred Years' War, and the transformative effects of the Black Death.
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All roads lead to Rome - what does this mean?
What caused the decline of the Western Roman Empire?
Barbarian
Who was Attila the Hun?
When did the Western Roman Empire end?
The Middle Ages began when...
Aqueducts
The Dark Ages - what was it?
The Visigoths sacked Rome - then what?
Why did the Bishop of Rome gain power after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Why are French, Spanish, and Italian called Romance languages?
What did Pope Leo I claim?
The Eastern Roman Empire - also known as?
What event occured in 1054?
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Monasteries
Abbot
What was the role of Monasteries?
What did monks do?
Manuscript
Charlemagne
Why was Charlemagne called Charles the Great?
Why was Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans?
Aachen
Alliance
Feudalism
What was feudalism?
In feudal society - the people close to the king...
Act of Homage
Serf
Manor
Why where manors often described as self-sufficient?
How did the lord of the manor and the serf benifit from one another?
Describe the three-field system
Nutrient
Castle
Moat
Keep of a castle
Siege
What was medieval armor made of?
What was jousting?
How did the Code of Chivalry affect knights?
Troubadours
What was a lord like?
What were serfs like?
Holy day
Compare city life and manor estate life.
What were medieval city shops like?
Guilds
Apprentice
Journeyman
Describe a Masterpiece
What's a town charter?
In what ways had the powers of feudal lords slipped by the 1000s.
In what ways did women in the Middle Ages follow gender roles?
What's a convent?
What was one purpose that convents served?
Hildegard of Bingen
How did trade and learning effect women?
Why is the Battle of Hastings important?
William the Conqueror
Explain what led to today's English language.
records
What is the Domesday Book?
What is a successor?
What are the roles of English judges?
Jury
Shield tax
Dynasty
Becket
What's the role of the archbishop of Canterbury?
Feud
Excommunication
Explain Becket's death and how it led to Henry's pilgramige.
Explain France and Henry II, as well as Eleanor.
What was the importance of Elanor?
Annul
What happened between Henry, Elanor, and their sons?
Crusade
The reign of William I also came the start of...
Why is it in everyone's best interest to have democracy in modern times?
parliament
Model Paliment
House
What was 'An Unstable Situation'?
Ancstor or relative
Why were all the key figures in the Middle East often related?
Why was the 100s years war called the '100s years war'
Economy
Territory
Longbow
Why did the French devlop cannons?
Cannon
Turn of the Tide
Jeanne
She simply to live the things
Devate
What did some say about the old ways of the 'warriors'?
Hope is not all.
Black Death/hope in the dark.
Plague
Rodent
Explain long-term effects related to the Balck Pleauge
Laber savings
In what ways did cities build themselves to recover from Black Detath and disesa.
Renaissance