History 6 - Chapter 14

Fill-in-the-blank review cards covering knighthood training and oaths, serfdom, notable figures of peasant origin, and manorial estate production from Chapter 14.

page; squire

At the age of seven, a boy from a noble family was sent to train as a ______; at the age of fourteen, he became a ______.

a bath of purification

The ceremony to become a knight began with ______.

brave, loyal, and honorable

According to the knight's oath, the first duty a knight swore to uphold was to be ______.

Church

According to the knight's oath, the second duty a knight swore was to defend the ______.

poor and oppressed

According to the knight's oath, the third duty a knight swore was to protect the ______.

chaste life

According to the knight's oath, the fourth duty a knight swore was to live a ______.

coat of arms or special mark or emblem

To recognize men when they wore their armor, a ______ was painted on their shield or suit of armor.

land; lord

The serf was bound to the ______, but not to any ______.

Suger

The son of serf parents, ______, became abbot and chief adviser to kings of France.

Pope Sylvester II

Gerbert, the great scholar, also son of serfs, was crowned as ______.

three

In order to preserve the farm land, it was divided into ______ fields.

foreign invaders; food; labor

The nobles protected the serfs from ______, while the serfs supplied ______ and ______.

food, clothing, weapons (or tools, fuel)

Three examples of items produced on the medieval estate were ______.

salt, millstones, iron

Three things that were not produced on the estate were ______.