The Three Estates

This was the part of the estate to which everyone had access for the resources they needed in order to survive

During the High Middle Ages, political and social power was highly centralized.

The Peace and Truce of God created days and areas that were immune to violence.

Crop rotation kept fields in usage indefinitely, but it meant that not all land was in usage at any one time

Which of the following was a type of unfree, degraded peasant?

This invention broke up and aerated even clay-heavy soils

In the year 1300, most European peasants were serfs.

In their demesnes, lords had private control over

The ultimate goal of the medieval project to control violence was to direct it toward

Who was NOT protected from violence by the code of chivalry?

Peasants could become free by

This was the part of the lord's estate where everyone could take shelter in times of danger

The purpose of chivalry was to control

Women in the High Middle Ages had no power and could not rule their own manors and demesnes.

Which of the following was a type of peasant that possessed some degree of rights?

Kings were always the most powerful figures in the networks of nobility.

This invention replaced human power with quadruped power in plowing fields

Monasteries were centers of learning and technological development.

Medieval armies were raised by high-ranking lords calling upon their vassals, who called up their vassals, down a chain.

Peasants often received assistance in becoming free from

During the High Middle Ages, many large animals began to go extinct in Europe

This invention allowed the fields to retain their nitrogen long-term

Lords were connected by

This was the part of the estate that a lord held in exchange for loyalty to a higher-ranking lord

During the High Middle Ages, the wilderness of Europe

The lowest point for European peasants in which they lost most of their rights was

Medieval Catholicism was most focused on action as a part of a community, rather than private belief.

Serfs

Medieval people measured their progress through the journey of life with

Serfs had to work their lord's fields in exchange for shelter, but most free peasants paid rent to their lords instead.

The rural population increased dramatically after 1000 because