Chapter8 Flashcards
(21 cards)
seventh-century Mer ovingian kings
who reigned but did not rule; the power went to the
mayor of the palace
Do-nothing kings
the most powerful Germanic people in the early Middle Ages; kingdom ruled by the Merovingian House and the Carolingian House
Franks
principal palace official under the Merovingian House
Mayor of the Palace
the best remembered of all the mayors of the palace
Charles Martel
A group of Asiatic nomads who later became known as the Hungarians
Magyars
A political system in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for their services
Feudalism
land grants given in return for services
Fiefs
recipient of a fief who owed allegiance to a lord
Vassal
the ceremony by which a man became a vas s al and thus eligible for a fief
Homage
symbolic act by which the lord gave to the vassal the right of use of a fief
Investiture
medieval warriors who protected life and property and lived by the “code of chivalry”
Knight
A boy placed under the care of a knight for the pur- pose of becoming a knight
Page
the personal servant of a knight
Squire
A knight’s strict code of behavior
Chivalry
the center of medieval society, a self-contained farming community controlled by a lord and farmed by peasants
Manor
A pattern of rotating planting among
three fields leaving one fallow each year
Two/Three Field System
more privileged peasants who served as manorial officials or provided skilled labor, such as blacksmiths, millers, and carpenters
Freemen
majority of those living on a manor ; their status was midway between the ancient slave and the medieval freeman
Serfs
A place of temporary punishment where souls
bound for heaven must go after death to atone for their “minor” unconfessed sins or for sins for which they have not done sufficient penance
Purgatory
those who did not take “Holy Orders”
Laity
conducted religious services, administered
the sacraments to the laity, and supervised the business and secular clergy of the church
Secular Clergy
