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How did the church try to shape the behavior of knights?

They shaped them by using chivalry

What new style of church architecture appeared in the high middle ages and featured tall buildings with large windows?

gothic

Who were serfs

Serfs were people who were loyal to lords and only lived in the manor and couldn’t leave without permission

Which early missionary is best known for converting many people in Ireland to Christianity?

Patrick

After the western roman empire collapsed, what happened to much of west europe?

it was divided into small warring kingdoms

What does togography mean

the study and mapping of the shape configuration and physical features of a land surface

In the feudal system, what did a lord give a vassal in exchange for loyalty and military service

A fief/land

what was the main advantage of the three-field system of crop rotation

It increased amount of land that could be planted each year and stopped crop failure

Why was the church’s control over the sacraments a source of great power

people believed that without the sacraments they would go to hell

What was special about the way Francis of Assisi and the poor clares lived?

They took vows of poverty following jesus

Who founded the franciscan order in 1209

Francis of assisi

What happened to europes population between about 1000 and 1300 largely because of better farming

Doubled

What new farming tool with an iron blade allowed farmers to plow heavier northern soils

iron plow

what is a pagan

polytheistic only believes in one god

why did farmers begin using horses instead of oxen to pull plows

they where faster

Knights followed chivalry

because it shaped them

Medieval universities grew out of schools attached to

cathedrals

Thomas aquinas taught that both faith and reason came from God what other idea is closely liked to his thinking?

Natural law can be discovered through human resin

Which order of monks helped expand farming in the 1200s by draining marshes and clearing forests?

cisterians

Who was the Frankish leader who leader who defeated the last roman army in west europe in 486 clovis 1

At the battle of tours in 732 charles Martel stopped an important invasion by which group

A musician from army in spain

Which group invaders came from scandinavia and raided monasteries and towns in the late 700s?

The vikings

What was medieval manor?

Self sufficient agricultural estate

What does the term christendom

large community

What was the benedictine rule

Balance life and work

How did craft guilds usually raise money?

member paid fees to the guilds

Why did many people in the high middle ages feel a need to confidence in human abilities

towns grew trade money increased education

Why did charlemagne encourage the creation of schools

he believed education would help him govern better

What subjects made up the liberal arts studied at medieval universities

grammer

which of the following best describes daily life for most people in early medieval Europe

Centered on manor and local church

what import idea was established when Pope Leo III Charlemagne emperor in 800

Only one pope and the power to name emperor

what is the difference between a monastery and a convent?

monastery is monks and convents are for nuns