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Early Middle Ages
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Why was a 3-field system better than a 2-field system?
more reliable crops every year
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What dangers do you need to be careful of in the gatehouse?
murder holes
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What three men fought for the right to rule England in 1066?
Harold Goodwinson, Harald Hardrada, William the Norman/Conquerer
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Name two things people did for entertainment?
Went hunting, played games, listened to troubadours, …
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What was the three-fold purpose of the batter?
Stability to the wall, keeping siege towers away, angling dropped items toward the attackers
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What was simony?
selling/buying a church position
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Who read and wrote in the Middle Ages?
Clergy, maybe a noble
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What was invented that made horses useful in farming?
a new harness
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Why did being a member of the clergy equal having power?
authority among the people, access to education, working for God
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Name two kings who practiced mass conversion.
Clovis, Charles Martel, Charlemagne
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Why was Charlemagne the ideal emperor for many?
Frankish king, devout Christian, Roman emperor
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What animals sometimes swam in the water moats?
leeches
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Name three possibilities for breaching the curtain wall.
Trebuchets, siege towers, Battering Ram, (Greek Fire)
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What is the difference between excommunication and interdict?
One person vs. whole community kicked out of the church
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What was the exact date of Charlemagne’s coronation?
Christmas Day, 800 AD
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Which three people were chivalrous knights supposed to fight for?
Lord, lord, and lady
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Name 5 Gothic features.
thin walls, stained glass, ribbed vaults, rosettes, buttresses, decorations, ...
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What training did a knight go through?
Page at age 7, squire to a knight at age 13, knight at 21
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What was life like at the bottom of the feudalism pyramid?
Peasants, worked land, paid tribute
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Who was Charles the Hammer Martel?
Frankish king who stopped Muslim advance at Battle of Tours
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When the Huns invaded, what happened to the other European tribes?
they were pushed westward
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What food item often started on the castle table and ended up on the peasant table?
trenchers (bread plates)
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Which people invaders often targeted monasteries?
Vikings
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What were the stages of an apprenticeship?
apprentice - journeyman - master (guild?)
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