UNIT 3- THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND FEUDALISM

WHICH OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS DOES NOT BELONG TO FEUDALISM?

•   It was based on small self-suffcient agricultural territories.

• The nobles held the power

• Although it became well established in the Middle Ages, it was enforced for many more centuries.

• Nobles couldn’t claim the taxes in their fiefdom.

Who helped the monarchs with their governmental tasks?

• The counts, barons, marquises and dukes

• The nobles who formed part of the court, the royal officials and their army

• Their serfs

• Free peasants

What was the consequence of the insecurity that existed in the Medieval world?

• The kings increased their military spending

• The peasants abandoned the fiefdoms and took refuge in the cities

• Many people sought the protection of the most powerful nobles and abandoned

• The kings disappeared

Why was the commendation ceremony performed?

• To make a personal vassal of a more powerful noble

• To make a squire a knight

• To hnour a person for their actions

• To make friends

What were the difference between the lives of the privileged and the unprivileged?

• The privileged lived in a castle, whereas the unprivileged lived in a fiefdom

• The way they dresses, the work they did and what they did in their free time

• The language they spoke: the privileged spoke Latin and the un privileged spoke Romance languages

• The unprivileged were pale whereas the privileged were tunned

Why was the economy called a subsistence economy?

• Because it enabled them to survive

• Because they only produced enough to survive

• Because the resources were used to aid the population

Who paid taxes under this feudal system?

• The nobles and the peasants

• The King

• Only the peasants and the city inhabitants

• The church

Why did people go on a pilgrimage?

• To escape dangerous regions and reach less dangerous ones

• Because the enjoyed travelling and the matural environment

• Because they believe that travelling to places where relics were kept demonstrated their faith

What can be seen in the faces of the figuraes in Romanesque Images?

• Few features and lack of expression

• The portrayal of intense emotions

• Very realistic representations

Was Romanesque an urban or rural style of art?

• Rural style

• Urban Style

• Both