Middle ages in Europe Flashcards
North Atlantic Drift
A warm current that provides good fishing areas around the northwestern Europeans coast.
Monastery
where the monks live/ work
Charlemagne
He reunited the western part of Europe and teached people hoe to read and write. He tried to make Christianity the make religion. He also started feudalism in Western Europe.
Holy Roman Empire
One of the largest medieval and early modern states.
Feudalism
The sharing of power between two or more groups of people.
Manorialism
a political and social order that relied on the lands and their serfs to provide.
The Battle of Hastings/William The Conqueror
The battle of hasting was battle between William and Harold. The battel was started was because Harold claimed the English throne after king died but William claimed the he was the right king and so he got the pope help him to be the throne.
Papacy
Th office of the pope
Monarch
a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire.
Magna Carta
A document that was created to limit the kings power. Specifically the king could only collect taxes only if the Great council agreed. Gave people a right by trial and a
The Crusades
a war between the chirst
Pope Urban II
head of the Roman catholic Church
Saladin
Richard I
won one of the first battles
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
