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Terms People Descriptions Medieval Miscellaneous

Life

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This tax required Christians to give
1/10 of their income to the church

What is a tithe?
This code of conduct was adopted by
knights in the middle ages.

What is chivalry?
This was an estate granted to a vassal

What is a fief?
This is another name for money and
can refer to money used to investment.

What is capital?
This peasant was bound to the land.

Who is a serf?
This was the person who gave a vassal a piece
of land.

Who is a lord.
This was a wandering poet.

What is a troubadour?
This ruler revived Latin learning.

Who is Charlemagne.
He led the Franks against the Muslims
in the Battle of Tours.

Who is Charles Martel?

Norse explorer Leif Erikson set up a short-lived
colony in this continent

What is North America?

He ruled his empire from Aachen.

Who is Charlemage.
His first loyalty was to his liege lord.

Who is a vassal?
This person took vows of poverty, chastity,
and obedience.

Who is a monk/nun?
This young person studied under a
skilled worker so that he/she could
one day work in that field.

Who is an apprentice?
His duty was to be brave, loyal, and
true.

What is a knight.
Lords granted land to vassals in exchange
for what?

Farm labor
Was the manor economy based on trade or
self-sufficiency?

Self-sufficiency
These people cared for the sick and poor
thus helping to improve life during the
Middle Ages.

Who are monks and nuns?

Why did some religious people want to reform
the Church during medieval times: because
it had grown weak or because its success had
brought problems?

Because its success had

brought problems
New agricultural technologies led to an
increased production of ____________?

food
What was the most important economic
activity in a medieval town: farming or trade?

trade
What did the treaty of Verdun do after
Charlemagne’s death?

Split his empire into 3

Chivalry applied only to ______?

Nobles/noblewomen
Who dominated economic and political life
during the High Middle Ages: nobles or
merchant guilds?

Merchant guilds
The three-field system allow
peasants to produce more _________.

Crops/food