UPDATED Feudalism and The Dark Ages

Nobles that were trained to become soldiers or warriors were called...

• knights

• barons

• squires

• lords

The key thing that drives most aspects of feudalism is the control and division of...

• land

• wealth

• power

• resources

The code of conduct that guided knights in combat as well as their dealings with the “public” was known as...

• Chivalry

• Feudalism

• Knighthood

• Vassalage

Bead and St. Benedict were some of the few people who kept the knowledge from disappearing. Where did people copy books?

• Monasteries across Western Europe

• Public libraries in ancient Rome

• Royal courts in medieval England

• Universities in the Byzantine Empire

Being that peasant life was so difficult and at times hopeless, what institution offered people across Europe hope?

• The Catholic Church

• The Feudal System

• Local Governments

• Merchant Guilds

Charlemagne’s greatest accomplishments were the spread of these TWO main things...

• 1. Christianity

  2. 2. Education

• 2. Science and Technology

• 3. Art and Literature

• 4. Trade and Commerce

Trade in the Mediterranean helped enrich life, but it introduced something that would wipe out almost 100 million people. It was the. . .

• Bubonic Plague

• Spanish Flu

• Black Death

• Cholera

Who, motivated in part by their newly created religion, Islam, invaded Spain, and France from N. Africa around 730 AD?

• The Moors

• The Vikings

• The Romans

• The Byzantines

What is a manor?

• self-sufficient estates/communities

  (similiar to small towns)

• self-sufficient estates/communities

• A large farm with no inhabitants

• A royal palace for kings

Peasants that were considered part of a fief were known as __________ during the Middle Ages.

• serfs

• vassals

• lords

• knights