Introduction to the Middle Ages

What event marks the beginning of the Middle Ages

• the fall of the Roman Empire

• the Viking Raids

• the Battle of Hastings

The Frankish leader proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III.

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

A powerful Germanic tribe that conquered Gaul, the region we now call France.

• Visigoths

• Vandals

• Franks

Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities called monasteries.

• vassals

• monks

• knights

A combination of legal, economic, military, and cultural customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and the 15th centuries.

• fiefdom

• manorialism

• feudalism

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for serving and protecting a vassal's manor.

• fief

• kingdom

• manor

A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a vassal.

• manor

• kingdom

• empire

A peasant who was bound to the land.

• knight

• squire

• serf

What was the purpose of the first Crusade?

• Retake the city of Jerusalem

• Expel Martin Luther from the Catholic Church

• Unite all of Europe as one Christian kingdom

A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:

• Smallpox

• The Spanish Flu

• The Black Death