Middle Ages Flashcards
(11 cards)
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Feudalism
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Land is given for money and services
Lifestyle of middle ages
1
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Characteristics of the early middle ages
A
Trade went down
Population went down
Education went down
They were invade
2
Q
Manorial system
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Where lord lived and everyone else worked
3
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Lord/noble
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Recieve land from king
They give money to king
4
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Vassal
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Anyone who receives land
5
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Fief
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Land given
6
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Serfs
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Lower than peasants
Could not leave land
Owed money
7
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Charlemagne
A
Education came back Crowned emperor by pope Spread christianity UNITED WESTERN EUROPE Had largest empire in Europe since rome
8
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Motives of the crusades
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Fighting between christians &muslims
- money
- land
- jerusalem
- caused 200 year war
9
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Effects of crusades
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1) death
2) woman’s rights
3) trade expansed
4) constintonople fell
5) pope lost power king got power
10
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Commercial revolution
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Rise of business and trading came back
Merchants now had power
