Middle Ages Flashcards

Manorialism

It was a self-sufficient system where lords gave serfs land and protection in exchange for labor and services.

Feudalism

A social hierarchy in medieval Europe based on land ownership and military obligation. Lords gave fiefs in return for service.

Knights' rewards

Land (fiefs) from lords.

Goal of jousting

To unhorse their opponent or break their lance.

After the fall of Rome

The Catholic Church united the kingdoms that remained after the Roman Empire collapsed.

Role of the Church in the Middle Ages

The Church was the center of life—providing laws, education, and controlling the economy.

Catholic Church provisions

Laws, rules, education, and control over the economy.

Papacy

The office of the Pope, head of the worldwide Catholic Church, located in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Charlemagne I

King of the Franks who made an agreement with Pope Leo III and became Holy Roman Emperor in 800 CE.

Significance of the Coronation of 800 CE

Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, strengthening the bond between church and state.

Constantine the Great

A Roman emperor who moved the capital from Rome to the East and renamed it Constantinople.

Cause of the Church split

Disagreements between Rome (Roman Catholics) and Constantinople (Byzantine Christians), though they were still one church at first.

Great Schism

The official split between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.