Middle Ages

Feudalism

An arrangement between Lord and vassal; the military and political system

Fief

The land the Lord gave to the Vassal

Homage

What the Vassal would pay to the Lord and then be invested

Knights

The vassal had his own men called _____ he could give land to

Chivalry

Taught honor and duty; courtly love

Common

Peasants and knights

Nobility

Vassal, Lords, and the king

The court

The center of government

Manoralism

Supplied food, clothing, shelter, and protection to the peasants

Manor

Consisted of the Lord’s land and the peasants small plots

Kind

% of the crops

In kind (% of the crops)

The peasants payed in

Monaticism and Illumination

The light of the Dark Ages

Monasteries

communities of Monks and nuns that were separated from the outside world

Monks

Produced books and kept wisdom alive

Cardinals

Who wore the red hats in the church?

Priests

Who comes before the Monks and Nuns in terms of power?

Fleas on rats

How did the plague start?

Asia

Where did the plague start?

Black sores all over the victims bodies

The black death

Flagellant

Self-inflicted “penance” for sins

30%-70%

Morality rate

Towns

Peasants were now allowed to leave the manor causing ___ to form

Urbanization/ urban expansion

Since the peasants were allowed to leave this caused ______ all around Europe

trade and guilds

Vibrant economic life thanks to

elected their leaders

The new middle class

Magna Carta 1215

Discontented nobles, tired of feudalism and the weakness of their king decided they wanted written rights

King John Lackland

Forced to sign the Great Charter