Europe's Mid-Life Crisis (short version)

War was common in the middle ages

the Pope used excommunication to maintain power

In medieval times, most people where likely to have contact with

The first crusade was the only successful crusade

farm worker bound to the land

defeated the Muslim Moors at the Battle of Tours in 732

owner of the manor

At various times, a vassal could also be a lord

The Frankish kings were closely tied to the Christian Church

Charlemagne was given this title by the Pope in AD 800

first Frankish rule to be called mayor of the palace

Pope Urban II called on Europeans to join a Crusade against

The Crusades increased the power of the nobles over the monarch

The Black Death was spread by

Chivalry was

grant of land

In the manorial system, peasants worked land in exchange for

starts the Carolingian dynasty

person who receives grant of land in return for loyalty

the most powerful church official in a diocese (area of church authority) was

King of the Franks and started the Merovingian dynasty

The feudal system gave the most power to

Primogeniture is the custom of passing land to the