Middle Ages Europe Basics

Where did the Vikings invade from?

What great empire fell apart and led to the conditions of the Middle Ages?

True or False: A gothic cathedral is taller than it is wide

What is happening in Constantinople at about the same time the Frankish Kingdom is building in Western Europe?

Who is the Frankish king credited with unifying and converting Germanic tribes to Christianity?

How was the building of medieval gothic cathedrals funded?

Why would a knight want to make a deal with a lord? What does he get out of it?

What was the average life expectancy for a peasant in Medieval Western Europe?

Whose living conditions does this describe? Fortified home or castle, staff living in the home, others working for you

Where did the Magyars come from?

Why were the Vikings not really a threat to the Franks specifically?

Whose living conditions does this describe? Crowded, mud or straw floors, living with livestock, malnutrition

What is true about the political conditions in Europe in the early Middle Ages?

What is the round window above the main entrance of a gothic cathedral called?

What do we typically see on the ceiling of a gothic cathedral?

What did every manor have?

What is the purpose of the three-field system?

What was the advantage to living under the manorial system for medieval peasants and serfs?

Lack of social mobility is one of the negatives to a feudal system. Explain what this means.

Why did peasants accept their role and place in the feudal system?

What did Charlemagne do that solidified his alliance with the Church?

What is Charles "The Hammer" Martel known for?

Why are the windows in a gothic cathedral placed high in the building?

What does a flying buttress do?