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In 800, this king was crowned emperor by the Pope
Charlemagne; however his empire did not last long after his death.
William the Conqueror was famous for conquering what in 1066?
England
This group of people worked the land on a manor
Serfs
True or false: a vassal was a lord of a fief
True
Define feudalism
A political, social and economic system in which land is exchanged for loyalty and military service
Explain two reasons feudalism declined in the late Middle Ages.
Crusades, rise of towns, Black Death and Hundred Years War
Who said “God wills it!” in a very important speech, and what was the “it” he was referring to?
Poor Urban II; it=reclaim the Holy Land for the Catholic Church
What term refers to a group of people in towns who did the same job and set prices and standards for products?
Guilds
True or false: more years were spent fighting during the Crusades than not fighting
False
True or false: the trade that arose following the Crusades contributed to the spread of the plague in Europe during the 1300s
True
In THREE words, how did the plague spread?
Fleas on rats
What word for “land” is characterized by its self-sufficiency?
Manor
Knights were supposed to follow a set of unwritten rules or expectations of behavior called what?
Code of Chivalry
True or false: Medieval Europe was the only place to develop feudalism
False- it also happened in Japan
Where were the most likely places one could learn to read in medieval Europe?
In monasteries as part of the Catholic Church
In the early 500s, who had more power: Western Europe or Eastern Europe and why?
Eastern Europe because it was dominated by the Byzantine Empire; the Western Roman Empire had collapsed
