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