Western Europe in the Middle Ages
By: Christie Parker
Grade 9
Holy Family University
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1. http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgibin/D.PL?d=ww2010.book.westeurope
Before the year 1500 Western Europe consisted of many small regions. How many
small regions were parts of Western Europe? Name four of the small regions located
in Western Europe during this time.
2. http://www.camelotintl.com/village/society.html
During the Early Middle Ages society in Western Europe was based upon feudalism.
In a feudal society, each person in that society had their fixed place or rank. What are
the different ranks people of a feudal society held? (List them in order from highest
rank to the lowest rank). What was each ranks role in society?
3. http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Feudalism_and_Medieval_life.htm
Each sector of feudalism held a certain role in society. They were ranked according to
their status which assigned them a role. Two of the sectors that were extremely
important to the King were the Lords and the Vassals. What were the vassals’
obligations? What were the Lords’ obligations?
4. http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/feudalism.htm
In a feudal society a King is the supreme power. All the other ranks fall below him
and in some way cater to him and owe an allegiance to him. What was the Kings’ role
in a feudal society during the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe?
5. http://www.answers.com/topic/naorial-system
Since Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages revolved around feudalism it had to
be structured in some way. The basis for a feudal society revolved around a manor
economy. The only way a feudal society could survive was if the manor economy
prospered. The political, economic, and social system relied upon the manor to keep
the feudal system going. What was the basic unit of the manor? How did the manor
help a feudal society?
6. http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/glues/feudalism.html
Feudalism did not last as long as the people of the Early Middle Ages would have
thought. There were a few leading contributions to the decline of feudalism in
Western Europe during the Early Middle Ages. What were some of the reasons for
the decline of feudalism?
7. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/religion.html
Religion played a major role in society and culture during the Early Middle Ages. In
Western Europe this was also the case. What religion was the basis of Western
Europe during the Middle Ages? Bishops often came from wealthy and noble families
who ruled over groups of parishes called what?
8. http://libro.uca.edu/ics/ics5.htm
As we know Christianity was the major religion of the Early Middle Ages in Western
Europe. There was also another religion that emerged in Western Europe during this
period. What was another religion that flourished during the Early Middle Ages in
Western Europe, other than Christianity?
9. http://www.leanrer.org/exhibits/middleages/health.html
Health care during the Early Middle Ages in Western Europe was almost nonexistent. Health and hygiene to Western Europeans was based on superstition and
myths. The human body was viewed as a part of the universe. The four humors were
related to the four elements that has to be balanced in order for a persons’ personality
to remain the same are?
10. htpp://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=8267&pc=SiteIndex
The Early Middle Ages of Western Europe are also referred to as another Age today.
What is the Age that Western Europe is known as during the Early Middle Ages?
Why was it known as this? What were the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe a
time of?