Medieval Times Study Guide

How did monks in monasteries preserve (save) knowledge of the past?

This English Law code is the basis for United States Law.

With the fall of the Roman Empire, what became the greatest source of stability, unity, and leadership in Europe?

The European feudal system was supported by the labor of who?

What was not a reason for feudalism to end?

What is the holy city for people of three faiths?

A large fortified building or buildings that were the strongholds of noblemen in the Middle Ages.

What was the significance of the Magna Carta?

Who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and established feudalism in England?

Peasants that were legally bound to the land doing various types of labor.

What did the conquests of the Seljuk Sultanate lead to?

Political and social system based on bonds of loyalty between a lord and his vassal

What was NOT lost in Dark Ages Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire?

The Eastern Roman Empire became known as the __________ Empire, with its capital at Constantinople.

Political/economic/social systemthe peasants of medieval Europe were rendered dependent on their land and on their lord.

The architecture of Medieval Europe, employing flying buttresses and stained glass windows.

Form of higher education that came to us from the Middle Ages, with a curriculum that focused on liberal arts.

What would have been the likely result if Charles Martel had not won the Battle of Tours in AD 732?

The honor code that knights were to uphold, to defend the church and defenseless people

The Vikings (Norsemen) were master shipbuilders from where?

What ruler doubled the size of the Frankish kingdom, and created a Christian Roman Empire that united Western Europe

The English Legislature System.

What did people offer their lord in exchange for land (fiefs) and protection?