MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE PART I (Ch.13)
The Middle Ages had its roots in
Repeated Germanic invasions led to what five changes in economy, gov’t,
what three characteristics?
and culture?
What institution, at the heart of
medieval life, was the only source
of stability and security?
Who was Clovis and what was his
significance?
What was the role of monasteries
during this time period? For what
reasons?
How did Pope Gregory I change the
papacy? What does secular mean?
How did the Carolingian dynasty
begin?
What were three achievements of
Charlemagne?
Who crowned Charlemagne
emperor and why was this
significant?
What three groups invaded Europe
in the early Middle Ages?
What was the feudal system? Why
did it emerge?
What was a fief? Who received a
fief?
What roles and obligations did
serfs have in feudal society?
What roles and obligations did
knights have in feudal society?
What was life like for medieval
women? How was life different for
noblewomen and peasant women
in feudal society?
What was a tithe and who paid it?
What was a manor?
What was medieval warfare like? What technologies and weapons were used?
What responsibilities did a knight
have according to the code of
chivalry?
How did medieval literature
portray warfare, castle life, and
chivalry?
How did the sword analogy of
Gelasius I apply to religious and
political conflict in the Middle
Ages?
How was the Catholic Church
organized/structured?
How was religion a unifying force?
What are sacraments?
Define excommunication.
Why were excommunication and interdict used?
How did the practice of lay investiture create conflict
between the pope and emperor? How was this
resolved?
Why were German states not able to unify in the
Middle Ages?
What were three or four of the
problems troubling the Catholic
Church?
MIDDLE AGES REVIEW PART II (Ch.14)
How was the church
What was the Papal Curia?
reorganized/restructured?
Who were friars and how were they
different from monks?
What were three orders of friars?
Describe Gothic architecture.
Describe Romanesque architecture
and why cathedrals changed to
Gothic style.
Name one famous Gothic cathedral
in Europe.
What was the primary reason for
the Crusades?
Who made the official call for the
Crusades?
What was the Reconquista? What
was the Inquisition?
What were some of the effects of
the Crusades?
How and why did the food supply
in Europe increase in the later
Middle Ages? (Ch.14.2)
What was a guild and what was its
purpose?
What was the Commercial
Revolution?
How did business and banking
develop?
Describe urban life in the growing
towns & cities of medieval Europe.
How did contact w/Muslims in the
Crusades contribute to the
expansion of trade and learning for
Europe?
Who were Thomas Aquinas and the
Scholastics (no, they were not a
band)?
What was the conflict between
William the Conqueror and Harold
Godwinson regarding?
What was William the Conqueror’s
invasion of England known as?
What was the outcome of this
invasion?
What is the significance of
common law developed in
England.
Why did nobles force King John to
sign the Magna Carta?
What was stated in the Magna
Carta? Why is it significant?
What was parliament?
What was the Estates-General?
What democratic traditions were
emerging in England and France?
What was the Great Schism and
what impact did it have for the
Church?
Why did John Wycliffe challenge
the Church?
How did the bubonic plague (Black
Death) originate and how did it
spread?
What were the effects of the Black
Death?
Why did the Hundred Year’s’ War
begin and who was it between?
What was the outcome of the
Hundred Years’ War.
What were the effects of the
Hundred Years’ War?