Europe Flashcards
Be good at European stuff (35 cards)
What is Eurasia
A large landmass including Europe and asia
When was the middle ages
500-1500 ad
What is another name for middle ages
Medival
Who was patrick
One of the first missionaries
Who were monks
Religious men who lived apart from society.
Where did monks live
Monasteries
Who created the benedictine rules for monks
Benedict
Who led the franks while building a huge empire, in the late 700,s
Charlemagne
What group swept into Europe from the east and became a huge problem.
Magyars
What was a knight
A warrior who fought on horseback
What is a knight who promised to protect a lord for land
A vassal
What is the promise of a lord giving land to a knight for protection called.
Feudalism
What were the lords duty
A lord had to send help to protect his vassal.
Who is william the conqueror
William conquered england and became the king of it.
What is a manor
The large estate owned by a knight or lord was called a manor.
Who were tied to the land on which they live
Serfs
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine
She was one of the most powerful people in medieval europe. She ruled aquitaine which is southwest France in 1137.
Where did most people live in the middle ages
Manors or farms
What does it mean to excommunicate someone
To cast out of the church
What did pope Gregory VII do to Emperor HEnry IV.
He excommunicated him.
What did pope Gregory VII and Henry fight IV about,
Emperor Henry appointed a bishop that The Pope didn’t approve of
What were the crusades
A long series of wars between Christian and muslims in southwest Asia.
What was fought for in the crusades
The holy land.
What is he holy land
The region were Jesus had lived
