Unit 16

A widespread epidemic of bubonic plague that occurred in several outbreaks between 1347 and 1400.

The knights give ____ to the peasants in exchange for ____.

a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages

In the late Middle Ages, people left the __________ for __________and so they could engage in more profitable pursuits

period in European history. It began in the 1300s, during the late Middle Ages. Renaissance means "rebirth" in French.

Who was the famous writer from the Renaissance that wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar

The king gives ____ to the nobles in exchange for ____.

The changes we associate with the Renaissance first occurred in the Italian city of

Who was the famous painter/inventor of the Renaissance that created works of art like the Mona Lisa and Last Supper

What was the effect of constant barbaric raids

the time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

social system in the Middle Ages, based on holding of lands in fief & on the relations between lord & vassal

a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc

Invaders of Europe that came from Norway, Denmark and Sweden

religious movement, wanted reform of the Roman Catholic Church, & led to the establishment of Protestant churches.

What did Gutenberg invent

as a king, queen, or emperor. a sole and absolute ruler of a state or nation.

Climate change in Europe in the 1300s and 1400s caused a drop in the food supply this caused widespread

The population decrease caused by the plague led to an___________________________.

a person in servitude, provides services to a lord, attached to the land & transferred with it from one owner to another

"Renaissance" is the French word for

What new philosophy emerged during the Renaissance?

king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor

military expeditions by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, & 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Lands.

The nobles give ____ to the knights in exchange for ____.