Chapter 2a Flashcards
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Tapestry
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A thick embroidered cloth pic used as a wall hanging
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Normandy
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Now part of france
That was home to the normans
Descended from vikings
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Vassal
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Man who swears loyalty to a lord
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Lord
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A feudal superior
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Feudal contract
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The bargain between a lord and his vassal
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Anglo saxon
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The earliest english
A germanic people
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Technology
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Things humans make to use as tools
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Lance
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Long spear
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Inpenetrable
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Impossible to pass
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Audience
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A hearing,interview
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Popes main guy
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Bishop odo
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Who was the guy william was fighing
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Harold godwinson
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Where was harold shipwrecked
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Coast of normandy
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What was harold(job)
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English earl
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What did william do to harold
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Befriend him
Spare his life
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Harold becane williams
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Vassal
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What year did king edward die
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1066
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Hastings war time
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9 to 4
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Normans used _____ during battle
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Horses
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English made what
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Shield wall
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Who is williams half brother
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Bishop odo
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Where did tapestry hang
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Bayeux cathedral in normandy
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How long is bayeux tapestry
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230 ft
70 m
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Why would tapestry be primary source 2 reasons
Secondary?1 reason
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Primary Bishop odo William Secondary Textbook
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What was on each panel of tapestry
Brief caption in latin
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When did battle of hastings happen century
11th century
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King edwards nickname
Edward the confesser
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What happened during halleys comet
People had a spazz attack
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Allegiance
Loyalty
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Homage
Formal agreement
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Contract
Formal agreement
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Lord of manor
Tenant of noble
| Inheirited right to run manor + profit from it
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Freeholder
Person who owns his or her own land
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Exploit
Make selfish use of
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Three f's of feudalism
Fief -land
Fealty-loyalty
Faith-religion
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Difference b/w serf and freeholdr
Freeholder can have land
| Serf cant
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What percent if population were freeholders and serfs
90%
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In exchange for loyalty from king nobles had to
Serve 40 days a year
Supply king with knight during war
Serve in kings court
Give money to king on certain occasions- marriage, knighthood(son)
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Who started feudal system
William
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Centre of feudal life
Manors
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How long did it gake for william to get feudalism into all of england
5 years
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Land was......
Basis of all wealth
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Nobles also....
Knights
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Land given to nobles for
Loyalty
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Vassal of king were
Tenant in chief of estates
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Serfs were a part of
Property
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Vassal of kings vassals were
Sub tenants of estates
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At manor each freeholder or serf had to
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Work how ever many days a week
Give portion of produce to lord
Pay to use lords mill and bread oven
Pay when had child or marriage
Remain in their village
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Lord of manor had to _____ and _____ ________ to the king
Report
| Pay rent
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Each lord of manor had to
Pay homage to king at royal court
Provide knights 20-30
Provide king with food regularly and on special occasions
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The church would pay king by
Suppot king by threating God's wrath
Pray for king (battles and running)
Help king run place
Sometimes find knight
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What buildings did a manor usually have
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Manor house
Mill
Tannery
Bakehouse
Blacksmith
Church-priests house
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What sort of fields and lands did the manors have
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3 fields
Lords demesne
River
Common pasture
Orchard
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To grow enogh crops manors needed
Fertile land
Workers
Water source
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Church members were
Bishops
Nuns
Monks
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Nobles were
Noblewomen
| Knights/crusaders
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Commoners were
Serfs
Shepards
Troubadours
Pilgrams
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Where could you go to escape poverty
Go to church-hope to rise in ranks
| Fight in lords battles-protection
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Serfs spent ____ days a week on lords demesne
2-3
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Average male_______ calories a day
5000
| Beer and bread
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What were the houses on the monor made of
Wattle and daub
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Houses were.......
9-10m long
3-4m wide
5-6 people-one room
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People on the manor slept on
Straw beds
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The lord of the manor was a
Tenant
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The _____ __ _______ could take away the manor from the lord
Tenant in chief
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Fathers married off daughters
| Dependes on
Land and power
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Sceptical of
Doubting the truth of
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Relic
Item associated with a saint, thought to have great powers
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Excommunicate
To cancel a persons membership in the church
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Tithe
Money or produce given to church worth 1/10th of income
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Ecclesistical
Having to do with the church
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Chastity
Virtue, modesty doing without sex
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Why was the church so powerful
Fear of hell/excommunication
| Everything you do is somehow with the church
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When you are excommunicated you can't
Get married
Be blessed before death
Thought to go to hell
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Church influence positive
Many christians
| Many dedicates to God
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Church influence negative
Priest take tithe - selfish example
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Seven deadly sins
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Pride
Anger
Envy
Greed
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
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Almost all western europeans were
Christians
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Kings harolds defeat was believed ti be because of the
Sins of the people
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Gods blessing was needed at almost every
Important event
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It was not usual to
Devote your life to God
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Some people would become_________ because they thiught they would be closer to God
Hermits
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All villages had at least
One priest one church
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Churchs had power over
Lives from serfs- monarchs
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Religious men went to
Monasteries
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Religious women went to
Nunneries
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In the the night at religious places people would _____ in the night
Wake up and pray several times
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In some religious you couldn't
Speak
| only pray
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At the religious houses you had freetime and were encouraged to
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