Feudalism and more

Question 1

feudalism

Answer 1

a political and economic system which focuses on personal loyalties and holding of land

Question 2

fief

Answer 2

plot of land or what is given to peasants, vassals by lord

Question 3

loyalties of lord/king

Answer 3

fief, protection, and to hear complaints in an open court

Question 4

loyalties of vassal

Answer 4

to do homage, fealty, military service, give counsel, and make payments of food

Question 5

land inheritance

Answer 5

hereditary: passed down to oldest son

Question 6

shield tax

Answer 6

scutage; buy your way out of military service

Question 7

investiture

Answer 7

ceremony that feudal contract is cased on where vassal pledges loyalty and king gives symbol

Question 8

peace of god

Answer 8

no feudal warfare on Church property, fugitives can receive sanctuary, protection

Question 9

truce of God

Answer 9

no fighting on certain days and holidays

Question 10

knight

Answer 10

mounted warrior

Question 11

tournament

Answer 11

mock battle

Question 12

castles

Answer 12

medieval stronghold owned by lords and nobles

Question 13

noblewomens role

Answer 13

lady of manor, while husband away took over duties

Question 14

chivalry

Answer 14

a code of conduct which combined Christian values with virtues of a warrior

Question 15

troubadours

Answer 15

wandering poets

Question 16

knight training

Answer 16

age 7- page, began learning basics and armor care
age 14- squire, learned how to use weapons and observed the lord in war
age 21- dubbed knight, ceremony

Question 17

characteristics of a knight

Answer 17

courageous, strong, loyal, well mannered, honorable, respectful, chivalrous

Question 18

advantages of feudalism

Answer 18

sets limits to power, protects people, revives idea of law and order

Question 19

disadvantages

Answer 19

prejudiced against certain people, stuck where you are, nobles sometimes ignored obligations, lots of wars, division of land

Question 20

chainmail

Answer 20

armor

Question 21

mace

Answer 21

club with spikes

Question 22

scabbard

Answer 22

sheath of a sword

Question 23

hilt

Answer 23

handle of a sword

Question 24

joust

Answer 24

part of a tournament

Question 25

sword

Answer 25

one of knight's most prized possessions

Question 26

manor

Answer 26

lords estate

Question 27

serfs

Answer 27

farmers bound to the land

Question 28

where did the normans invade in 1066

Answer 28

england

Question 29

king killed at battle of hastings

Answer 29

Herald

Question 30

king william's title

Answer 30

William the conquerer

Question 31

surrounded ring forts

Answer 31

sharp stones

Question 32

great grandson of william the conquerer

Answer 32

King henry 2

Question 33

defense mechanisms of castle

Answer 33

murder holes, arrow slits, moat, surrounding walls

Question 34

siege

Answer 34

a method of defeating a castle where the purpose is to wait it out

Question 35

dangers of siege for attackers

Answer 35

disease, restlessness, mercenaries

Question 36

keep/donjon

Answer 36

tower as last resort where king/ lord and queen would go in case of attack

Question 37

inner bailey

Answer 37

inner wall and courtyard surrounding

Question 38

outer bailey

Answer 38

outer wall and courtyard surrounding castle

Question 39

portcullis

Answer 39

heavy sliding gate that lowers

Question 40

attackers strategies

Answer 40

siege, ask for surrender, catapults/trebouchers, scale walls, cut off water supply

Question 41

carcassone

Answer 41

castle with lots of walls within each other; concentric ring defense system

Question 42

Eleanor birth year

Answer 42

1122

Question 43

eleanor death year

Answer 43

1204

Question 44

Eleanor important facts

Answer 44

married twice, had court famous for vassals courtly love toward her, used courtly love to win loyalty, queen of france and then england

Question 45

4 components of courtly love

Answer 45

1. love is illegitimate or seemingly impossible 2. man is submissive to the lady 3. man must work hard and earn her love 4. there are rules that have to be mastered