Medieval Background
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Battle of Hastings | ... |
| William the Conqueror | king of england, william the bastard, died by falling from his horse, conquered for 21 years |
| Normans | "northman" vikings who settled in northwestern france. blended with anglo saxon culture. |
| Thomas a Becket | his shrine is at canterbury. king henry 2's lord chancellor. defended the claims the church against the interests of the king. killed by knights. saint and hero |
| feudal system | land holding based on loyalties, one pays rent through service to overlords. King-lords-knoghts-serfs |
| doomsday book | how william the conqueror kept track of his property in the feudal system. |
| medieval church | highly influential, chief publisher, librarian and teacher. |
| feudal manor | ... |
| wool | casued cities to build up in the north of england, and more people began to live in cities and towns than rural areas |
| merchants | ... |
| guilds | protective associations of individual crafts. merchants could regulate prices to assure fair wages. also religious societys. |
| cathedrals | guilds were in charge of building these. |
| common law | law that is common for the whole century and its people |
| primogeniture | giving the firstborn son exclusive ingheritance rights |
| ordeals | settled disputes. one's innocence or guilt was determined by setting the person at a task and seeing if he/she was able to successfully complete it |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | ... |
| Magna Carta | King John was forced by barons to sign this to limit his powers. |
| crusades | an attempt to rescue jerusalem form the turks. one positive is introducing christian europe to arabic culture. encouraged chivalry |
| chivalry | intended to make a knight as tenderhearted off the battle field was he was bold on it |
| hundres years' war | broke out in 1337 and lasted until 1453; France and England fought due to England not wanting to relinquish French possessions. |
| longbow | allowed the Brits to defeat the heavily armored French knights on horseback at several important battles such as the Battle of Agincourt |
| accession of henry VII | ... |
| war of the roses | a war between york (red rose_ and lancaster (white rose) |
| black death | bubonic plague, killed 40% of pop. positive: end to feudalism |
| 1381 peasants revolt | As the lower classes gained more power, they participated in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. further indicated the rising expectations of the working class |
| romance (definition and sources) | usually a story of a knight seeking honor or adventure, or performing the role of a lover |
| Morete Darthur | ... |
| ballads | were not necessarily written down, but recited and sun in numerous homes and pubs. popular in 1300's and 1400's, not published until the middle of the 1700's |
| miracle plays | sometimes called mystery plays. dramatizations from biblical history, the legends of the saints, and the liturgy of the church. |
| morality plays | the morality plays typically present, in extended allegories, the struggle between the forces of good and evil.most common= everyman |
| Chaucer | ... |
| Everyman | ... |
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