Chapter 13 European Middle Ages

The achievement for which Charlemagne is most remembered was

• traveling to Rome to crush a mob threatening the pope.

• building an empire larger than any since Rome.

• visiting every part of his kingdom to ensure justice.

• halting the expansion of the Muslim empire.

According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for all of the following EXCEPT

• his lady

• his country

• his feudal lord

• his heavenly Lord

The bargain made between a lord and a vassal was

• that the vassal would build a city on the lord's lands.

• that the lord would defend the vassal in battle.

• that the lord would grant the vassal land in exchange for military service.

• that the vassal would build a monastery in exchange for food.

Period of time in European history from about 500 to 1500

• Middle Ages

• Carolingian Dynasty

• Holy Roman Empire

• Franks

Christian religious community in which members devote their lives to God.

• Sacrament

• Holy Roman Empire

• Charlemagne

• Monastery

worldly

• secular

• monastery

• Franks

• Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages, a ___________________________ was a lord's estate.

• Manor

• fief

• vassal

• tithe

A person who received land from a lord was called a ________________.

• Manor

• fief

• vassal

• tithe

A _______________ was a peasant, or worker, who was bound to the land.

• serf

• fief

• vassal

• tithe

Peasant families paid the village priest a church tax called a ____________________, which amounted to one-tenth of their income.

• tithe

• canon law

• clergy

• fief