Feudalism Review

Which is Feudalism based on?

• An agreement between serfs and lords.

• An agreement between lords and vassals.

• The power of the emperor.

• The rule of Church leaders.

What is true of serfs?

• They often went on to become knights.

• They enjoyed a certain amount of freedom and could choose the manor on which to work.

• They were often skilled workers who belonged to guilds.

• They were people who lived, and worked on land belonging to a lord, or vassal

Which of the following best describes a manor?

• a farm belonging to serfs

• a lord and his family.

• the main part of a noble’s land.

• a social system.

What was the knight’s code of honor know as?

• chivalry

• faith

• feudalism

• knighthood

what are made up of people of the same occupation.

• crusades

• guilds

• chilvary

• bushido

The European ruler who built an empire greater than any since Rome was?

• Pepin

• Martel

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

What did Pope Gregory VII do to King Henry IV?

• He excommunicated Henry.

• He appointed another Emperor

• He offered to make Henry a cardinal of the Church.

• He allowed Henry to appoint Church officials.

How did Charlemagne help the Catholic Church spread Christianity?

• Through baptizing his sons.

• By becoming a monk.

• Through his military conquests.

• By building monasteries.

What was one sign of the end of the middle ages (feudalism), in Europe?

• The Church began to establish religious orders for both men and women.

• The European monarchies and the Catholic Church were increasing their power.

• The pope became both spiritual and political leader of the Church.

• Both the European monarchies and the Catholic Church were losing power.

“You have ..... dared to make an attack upon the royal and imperial authority which we received from God. You have even threatened to take it away, as if we had received it from you”

--King Henry IV in his letter to Pope Gregory VII

What does this quotation suggest about the relationship between the Catholic Church and the monarchy, by the latter part of the Middle Ages?

• Popes and rulers continued to cooperate with each other to achieve their mutual goals.

• Popes restricted themselves to spiritual matters and stayed out of politics

• Monarchs relied on the support of the pope to help them rule

  effectively.

• As monarchs became more powerful, they became less willing to

  accept the authority of the pope.