Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is also known as...

• The Renaissance

• The Dark Ages

• Feudalism

What is feudalism?

• A large estate that included a village

• A belief that no one should feud

• A political and economic system that involved exchanging land for protection.

Who were the Franks?

• spiritual leaders

• Germanic People who settled in Rome

• Lords who received a fief

Who was Charles Martel?

• A Frankish leader who pushed the Muslims out of France

• The pope

• A knight

What was a manor?

• Proper behavior

• A large estate that included farms and a village.

• A lord's house

What was the 3 field system?

• A field rotation system that kept one field empty per season

• A crop rotation system that utilized 3 fields at a time.

• A new form of entertainment that developed in the Middle Ages

What was a serf?

• A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

• A villager who lived on the manor

• A peasant who was bound to the land

What was a lord?

• A person who controlled land and could give estates to vassals

• A leader in the church

• A code of conduct

What was a vassal?

• A knight who received land from a lord

• A lord who received land from the king

• Both of the above

What was a fief?

• Someone who stole grain from the miller.

• A person who received land.

• A land grant from a lord.