Early Russia Flashcards
(40 cards)
medieval knights often took part in _______, or mock battles
tournaments
troubadour
a wandering musician that sang about knights and ladies
in return for loyalty, a lord granted a lesser noble a ________
fief
manor
a lord’s estate
chivalry
the knight’s code of conduct
the feudal system was based on a network of
mutual obligations
the role of noblewomen
they played active roles in medieval society
the feudal contract was usually between
a great lord and a less-powerful noble
medieval serfs were
bound to the land but not slaves
medieval manor
a self-sufficient unit
_________ bring early culture into russia
vikings
where was there a lot of cultural diffusion from
scandinavia
borrowed many _______ and ________ ideas about religion and language
greek and byzantine
russian alphabet, a blend of slavic and greek
cyrillic alphabet
vikings included _______ and made them slaves
slavs (the word slaves comes from this)
they sold the slaves in many cases to people in
the byzantine empire
eventually, vikings and slavs married each other producing
a typical russian today
where did vladmir live
kiev
which religion did vladmir convert to
christianity
which religion spread throughout russia
christianitu
what did vladmir have people look for
look for a religion
what did vladmir force the people to do
convert to christianity
where did yaroslav live
kiev
what did yaroslav create
written laws, and he enforced them
