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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 king john | not a pleasant person put innocent people in prison took belongings banished monks raised taxes without dicussing it with the gov |
| vikings | raiders who broke into villages and took over them stole items agricultural |
| joan of arc | she inspired the french army to start fighting again she rallied the french into the 100 years war captured by the english she was tried with witchcraft and burned |
| william the conqueror | he led the normans into the battle of hastings- allowed him to take over england became king of england in 1066 son of duke of nrmandy organized controlling domesday book-he wrote the domesday book |
| charlemagne | he extended christian civilization into northern europe and furthered the blending of german roman and christian traditions. he also set up sron efficiant governments |
| domesday book | the purpose of this was to build an efficiant system of tax collection william the 1 used this |
| battle of tours | muslim army searching for land and the end of christianity |
| feudilism | loosely organized system of gov in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and loyalty |
| chivalry | code of conduct for knights during the middle ages |
| serf | a slave that works in a castle they could not leave the land they were bought and sold |
| crusade | holy war |
| charter | in the middle ages a written document that set out the rights and privlages of a town |
| hersey | a belief or opinion on religion |
| reconnquista | the campaign to take over the muslim lands ferdinand and isabella married and this was an unstopable force and they took over granada |
| latin | the language used in many storys/poems |
| hundred years war | the war created a national sense of feeling and kings tarted expanding land and new weapons were made making castles and ships sese to exist |
| explain why the middle ags are also referred to as the dark ages | it had many invasions, lethal weapons, and the plague |
| describe the diffrent social roles played by the medieval chruch | the church would tax the people and if the didnt pay they said the would go to hell |
| identify the diffrent cultures that were combined int one empire under the rule of charlemagne | latin, frankish, italian,german,iberian |
| lord | ruler of the kingdom and towns |
| vassal | lesser lord |
| knight | a warrior |
| seif | a piece of land |
| explain the purpose of medieval guilds | to cut of someones head if they are guilty of a batrayal to the kingdom |
| describe the causes and effects of the crusades | causes 1. crusades incresed trade 2.built fleets to carry crusaders 3.allowed peasants to pay rent in money effects 1.encouraged growth of money economy 2.used fleets for trade helped undermine serfdom |
| explain what caused the decline of feudalism during the high middle ages | monarchy, new gov ideas,trade,industrial revolution |
| describe the major principals/ideas contained in the magna carta | that the nobles had certain rights and that the king must obey the law and cant raise taxes |
| compare and contrast he governments in england and france during the middle ages | england was divided into parishes france was governed into townships |
| describe the defining characteristics of gothic architecture | flying butresses-stone suports outside he building' huge stain glass windows |
| michaelangelo | sculptor engineer architect painter poet pieto david creation of adam |
| medici family | banking buisness gained controll of florentine uncrowned rulers of florentine |
| shakesphere | wrote dramatic plays |
| john calvin | published institutes of christan religion set up a theocracy calvinism |
| galileo | invented the telescope |
| newton | expanded law of gravity and other workings of the universe |
| vernacular | everyday laguage of ordianry people |
| perspective | making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer |
| theocracy | a government run by church leaders |
| indulgence | the lessening of the time of the soul would have to spend in the purgatory |
| anti semitism | an intense dislike for jewish people |
| humanism | turning away from midevil times and taking an intrest in greek and roman times |
| heliocentric theory | theory that the sun was located in the center of the universe |
| renaissance man | leonardo di vinci |
| leonardo da vinci | inventor painter intrested in how the body works |
| protestant reformation | being against the curch using people for money |
| martin luther | made the 95 theses |
| 95 theses | arguements aginst the church |
| machiavelli | published "the prince" |
| st. benedict | against posion or witchcraft of farmers or dyeing people |
| explain why the renaissance began in italy | the economic growth |
| describe the diffrence in renaissance attitudes and views of the world ad compared to the middle ages | ... |
| describe the defining charateristics of renissance art | ... |
| list the effects of the invention of the printing press | ... |
| explain the causes and effects of the protestant reformation | ... |
| eramus | priest humanistist vernacular bible the praise of folly |
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