NAME_______________________________________________WCI.9a/b
The Middle Ages: The Role of the Church and Feudalism Objectives
Essential Understandings:
The _______________________________ grew in importance after Roman authority
declined. It became the unifying force in Western Europe.
During the Middle Ages, the ____________________anointed the Holy Roman
Emperors; ___________________ carried Christianity to the Germanic tribes, and the
Church served the social, political, and religious needs of the people.
The decline of _______________________ influence in Western Europe left people with
little ________________________ against invasion, so they entered into feudal
agreements with land-holding lords who promised them protection. If the king or lord
gave a fief to a vassal, the vassal pledged military service and __________________.
_____________________ became self-sufficient and produced everything that the
residents needed. There was a _________________class structure with a hierarchy of
social positions in which each person had duties that were attached to their position.
In return for the lord’s protection, the peasants provided _____________________ for
the lord such as to farm his land, make payments of goods when they use his mill or
oven, and perform road or bridge repair. ___________________ and blacksmiths
produced goods and made repairs.
KEY TERMS
_____________________In Rome, became the strongest political leader in Western
Europe.
____________________Taught that all people were sinners and dependent on God’s
grace.
____________________Church rituals such as baptism, penance, confirmation,
communion, and matrimony that gave people grace.
___________________Pope, bishops, priests, who lived “in the world.”
___________________Monks and nuns who lived apart from society.
__________________Alliances of mutual protection between monarchs and nobles based
on exchanging land grants for loyalty.
__________________Estates with peasants.
___________________Noble who served a lord of the next higher rank.
___________________Official ceremony of obligation between a lord and vassal.
___________________Mounted Warriors.
__________________Economic system linking nobles and peasants on their land.
Foundations of early Medieval society:
Classical __________________ of Rome
Christian ________________
___________________of Germanic tribes
Influence of the Roman Catholic Church:
Roman authority __________________, while Church authority ________________.
_______________________ preserved Greco-Roman cultural achievements.
Missionaries carried __________________ and the Latin _______________ to Germanic
tribes.
The Pope anointed __________________________ Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D.
Parish priests served the religious and social __________________ of the people.
Feudal Society during the Middle Ages:
_______________ shattered Roman protection over the Empire
Fief
Vassals
_____________: peasant bound to the land and could not leave without permission
Feudal Obligations: the most important between a lord and vassal was military service, to
provide knights for battle, to serve in the lord’s court, to provide food and lodging for the
lord, to provide funds for his son when he became a knight, to provide funds for the
marriage of the lord’s daughter, and to pay the lord’s _________________.
Manorial System during the Middle Ages:
Rigid class structure: People did not question their ______________ or
________________.
Self-sufficient manors: __________________was impossible because of war and
invasions.
WCI.9c
Alliance between the Frankish kings and the Church
Essential Understandings:
Frankish kings used ____________________power to expand their territory
The alliance between Frankish kings and the Church _______________________ Roman
culture in Western Europe.
Age of Charlemagne:
Frankish Kings used ________________ _______________ to expand their territory
and emerged as a __________________ in Western Europe.
__________________ crowned Charlemagne the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Power of the Church was established in ________________ life.
Roman ______________________ was revived.
The Effects of the Migratory Invasions on Europe WCI.9d
Areas of Settlement of Migratory Invaders of Europe:
Germanic Angles, Saxon, and Jutes from Central Europe invaded _______________.
Magyars from Central Asia invaded ________________________ _________________.
__________________from Scandinavia invaded England, northern France, and Europe.
___________________ from Scandinavia invaded Russia and Europe.
Influence of Angles, Saxons, Magyars, and Vikings:
Authority of _________________ weakened; Nobles took over local defense.
_______________________ was disrupted; towns ____________________; Feudal
system was strengthened.
Manors and castles provided _____________________; Communities became isolated.
The Effects of the Migratory Invasions on Europe WCI.9d
Areas of Settlement of Migratory Invaders of Europe:
Germanic Angles, Saxon, and Jutes from Central Europe invaded _______________.
Magyars from Central Asia invaded ________________________ _________________.
__________________from Scandinavia invaded England, northern France, and Europe.
___________________ from Scandinavia invaded Russia and Europe.
Influence of Angles, Saxons, Magyars, and Vikings:
Authority of _________________ weakened; Nobles took over local defense.
_______________________ was disrupted; towns ____________________; Feudal
system was strengthened.
Manors and castles provided _____________________; Communities became isolated.