Medieval Europe Vocab

The area of central Italy given by Pepin III to the Pope.

• Papal States

• Disparate

• Carolingian Empire

• Feudalism

Extremely different in quality or character.

• Papal States

• Disparate

• Carolingian Empire

• Feudalism

Frankish Empire in central Europe, started by Charlemagne's ancestors but named for Charlemagne.

• Papal States

• Disparate

• Carolingian Empire

• Feudalism

A political and social order that developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects.

• Papal States

• Disparate

• Carolingian Empire

• Feudalism

Unwillingly give up or relinquish.

• concede

• clout

• Crusades

• Wergild

Pull; influence

• concede

• clout

• Crusades

• Wergild

Military expeditions carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• concede

• clout

• Crusades

• Wergild

The monetary value of a person. "Money for a man."

• concede

• clout

• Crusades

• Wergild

A means of determining guilt in Germanic law, based on the idea of divine intervention;

• Ordeal

• Patron

• Renaissance

• Vassal

Someone who uses money or influence to support a person, cause, or institution.

• Ordeal

• Patron

• Renaissance

• Vassal