Chapter 13 Vocab

Question 1

Middle ages

Answer 1

Decline of the Roman Empire; medieval period (500-1500)

Question 2

Franks

Answer 2

Germanic people in Frace and Switzerland; Clovis is their ruler

Question 3

Monastery

Answer 3

Religious communities where Monks lived

Question 4

Secular

Answer 4

Political, non-religious; worldly

Question 5

Carolingian Dynasty

Answer 5

The family that would rule the Franks from 751-987 (carlamagne, Charles the bald, Lewis the pious)

Question 6

Charlemagne

Answer 6

(Charles the great) Pepin the shorts one of two sons that ruled the Frankish

Question 7

Lord

Answer 7

Landowner

Question 8

Fief

Answer 8

Granted land

Question 9

Vassal

Answer 9

Person receiving a fief

Question 10

Knight

Answer 10

Mounted horseman who pledged to defend their lords lands in exchange for fiefs

Question 11

Serf

Answer 11

(Peasant) people who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born

Question 12

Manor

Answer 12

Lords estate

Question 13

Tithe

Answer 13

Church tax paid to the village priest

Question 14

Chivalry

Answer 14

Complex set of ideals, demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters

Question 15

Tournament

Answer 15

Mock battles, combined recreation with combat training

Question 16

Troubadour

Answer 16

Traveling poet-munitions at the castles and courts of Europe

Question 17

Clergy

Answer 17

Bishops and priests; all the church

Question 18

Sacrament

Answer 18

Important religious ceremonies

Question 19

Cannon law

Answer 19

Church law

Question 20

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 20

Used to be Roman Empire of the German Nation. Created by Otto

Question 21

Lay investiture

Answer 21

A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials