Plague And Middle Ages Flashcards
(21 cards)
Early Middle Ages
Small Barbarian kingdoms are formed
High middle ages
Christianity rises
crusades begin
Late middle ages
Decline in feudalism
rise of nations
hundred years war
bubonic plague
Plage Names
Bubonic plague, black death,
How did the plague spread
Through flies on rats, brought by merchant ships, trade routes
Where did it spread
Arabia, North Africa, and western Europe
bubonic vs pneumonic
bitten by flea vs coughed on
weakened Europe
1/3
Byzantine military
Emporer Alexius I asked Pope Urban II to help assemble an elite group of knights to help Byzantium regain the holy land
Council of Claremont
an assembly of important people from the church
Pros to fighting:
forgiveness of sins, debt paid off, adventure, escaping feudalism and contracts, seeing the world
how did the Third Crusade end
King Richard and Saladin signed a peace treaty
Muslims entered the holy land and took control
600 CE
crusades
8 military Christian expeditions fought against the Muslims for the holy land
Constantinople was
looted by knights on their way back
Feudalism
land for protection
mutual obligation
manorialism
the political, economical, and social system of the middle ages where people were tied to their land through serfdom
manors
estates owned by a lord which ruled over it
feudal contract
rules that control relationships between lords and vassals
the manor pyramid
give: Get:
kings: land knights and $
nobles: land protections
Knights: protection food
serfs: service and food protection
