Ch 8 The Middle Ages in Europe

The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E.

• Byzantine Empire

• Charlemagne

• Manorialism

• Constantinople

A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital now known as Istanbul

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Constantinople

• Charlemagne

• Feudalism

a religion with much in common with the Catholic church, but also with many differences

• Byzantine

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Charlemagne

a collection of Roman law that served as a model for the Catholic Church and medieval monarchs.

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

• Three-field System

• Code of Justinian

the years between ancient and modern times

• Iron Ages

• Middle Ages

• Stone Ages

• Ice Ages

800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire

• Charlemagne

• Feudalism

• Knights

• Serfs

A system of government based on landowners and tenants

• Code of Justinian

• Feudalism

• Manor

• Manorialism

A person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king

• Lords

• Knights

• Serfs

• Manor

Warriors who fought on horseback

• Lords

• Knights

• Serfs

• Manor

A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times

• Lords

• Knights

• Serfs

• Manor