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the low middle ages were when, dude?
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500- 800?
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in the low middle ages, what strictly defined social class?
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FEUDALISM
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who were the two classes in feudalism?
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lord and serf
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what did lords do?
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controlled by fief
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what's a fief?
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Under feudalism, a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for the vassal's service to the lord. The vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal to the lord.
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is a fief also a piece of land?
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yes, it is the land a lord gets from the ruler to control for himself
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who are serfs?
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peasants who work
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what was the only central power, & the most powerful institution, in Europe in the middle ages?
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the Roman Catholic Church
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When did the Byzantine Empire last until?
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the 17th century
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When were the high middle ages?
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when the popes smoked joints,
no actually, 1050- 1450 |
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why did the pope call for the crusades?
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to 'free' the Holy Land (Israel)
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who were the Crusades against?
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The Islamic Empire
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what was the effect of the Crusades on European monarchs?
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Exposed them to the wealth of the Eastern world
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what happened to individual kingdoms in the high middle ages?
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they gained power
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what was the Byzantine Empire?
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the Eastern Empire
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what are indulgences?
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payments to the church to reduce time in purgatory. You pay, your sins are reduced.
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Buonarroti Family-- were they noble?
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No, they were distinguished but not nobles
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Who was the father of the Buonarrotis?
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Ludovico
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What did Ludovico Buonarroti want?
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upward social mobility.
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Did Ludovico see Michelangelo as a talented genius and value him as a person, or what?
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Or what. He saw Michelangelo as a meal ticket.
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What was Raphael like?
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He was young, a well-respected painter, who was a gentleman-- polite, nice, generous and refined.
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What was the Temptation in the Garden about?
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Adam and Eve
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What was Michelangelo like?
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older, also respected, but brooding, moody and had a personal hygiene issue. He smelled??
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