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85 Cards in this Set
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Normally only a ____ from a _________'s _________ could be a ________
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male from a nobleman's family could be a knight
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Age _, a boy became a ____
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seven, a page
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The boy becoming a page learned ________ _________
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proper manners
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Age 7 a boy became a page, also began learning to use
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weapons
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In his teen years the boy became a _____
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squire
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When a boy became a squire, he learned to
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fight
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A squire would _____________ the knight to _______, but did not ________
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accompany the knight to battle, but did not fight
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About age __, he had to demonstrate his fighting skills in _______
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21, he had to demonstrate his fighting skills in batttle
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If he did well, he became a knight in a ceremony called
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dubbing
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Code of behavior for knights
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chivalry
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Emphasized _______, ________ _____, _______ and good _______
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bravery, fighting fairly, honesty and good manners
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Estate that a nobleman owned was called a
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manor
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A fief might have numnerous
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manors
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Almost everything the people of the manor needed was grown or manufactered there
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manor
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Vast majority of people in the middle ages were
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peasants
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Most peasants were
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serfs
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Serfs were NOT
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slaves
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Serfs could not leave the manor without the lord's
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permission
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As the _________ ______ ________ declined, its territory fell under the control of ___________
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western Roman Empire fell under the control of barbarians
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Extremely fierce
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The Huns
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Were from Asia
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The Huns
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Their most famous leader was Attila
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The Huns
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Known as the "scourge of God"
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The Huns
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Settled in present day Freance and Western Germany
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The Franks
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His wife was a Christian
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Clovis
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He promised he would become a Christian if he won a certain battle
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Clovis
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After winning, ______ was baptized and he forced __________ _____ ___ ______ to be baptized with him
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Clovis was baptized and he forced thousands of his soldiers to be baptized with him
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United the Franks under one government
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Clovis
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Known as the founder of the French nation
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Clovis
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Sent troops to Italy
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Pepin the Short
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Whose troops defeated the Lombards?
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Pepin the Short's
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_____ then gave some of the Lombard's land to the _____
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Pepin the Short then gave some of the Lombard's land to the Pope
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Land was called the ________ ___ _____ or the _________ _______
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donation of Pepin or Papal States
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Son of Pepin the Short
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Charlemagne or Charles the Great
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Excellent general
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Charlemagne or Charles the Great
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His many military victories nearly doubled the size of the Frank's empire, his empire included _________ ___ ________, __________ _____, ____________ _____ and ________ _____
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present-day France, western Germany, northern Spain and northern Italy (Charlemagne)
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In AD 1200, the pope named him "___ _______ __ ___ _______"
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the emperor of the Romans
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In theory, he was the _____ _______ emperor in _________ ___ years
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first Roman emperor in hundreds of years
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In truth Charlemagne's empire was only ________ ___ and it was quite different from the _________ ______ empire
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loosely united and it was quite different from the earlier Roman
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_________'s new title meant ______ _____
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Charlemagne's new title meant very little
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A few decades after Charlemagne's death, his
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three grandsons divided the empire among themselves
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Also called Norsemen or Northmen or Normans
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Vikings
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Vikings were also known as
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Northmen, Norsemen and Normans
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Ruthless
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The Vikings
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Good sailors
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The Vikings
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In the early they lived in -later they moved to other areas
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Middle Ages they lived in Scandinavia
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They probably reached _______ ______
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The Vikings, North America
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Towns and cities decreased in ________, people moved to ____ ________
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population, people moved to rural areas
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There was much ______ during the Middle Ages
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warefare
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Little trade or travel occurred because of _________ _______, ______ _____ and _____
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poor roads, poor bridges and robbers
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Most kings were ___ ____ ________
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not very powerful
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System of dividing ladnd that began in western Europe
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Feudalism
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A person who owned the land was called a
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Lord
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person who received the land was called a ______
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vassal
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How did feudalism work?
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A person called a lord would give part of it to another person
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The vassal (person that recieved land from the lord) would promise to do several things including
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1. providing military assistance to the lord
2. help pay for the lord's ransom of he were captured |
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The land that the lord gave to the vassal was called a
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fief
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Vassals often divided their land among other vassals-therefore a person could be both a
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lord and a vassal
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Lords, vassals, other knights and their families were called
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noblemen
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When a lord or vassal died, his land was normally inherited by the
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oldest son
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Mock battles held by knights were called
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tournaments
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These were also called a joust
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Tournaments
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some _________ were not serfs-this group had more _________
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peasants,-this group had more freedom
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peasants made up ___% of the population
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90
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Nobles made up __% of the populatioin
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10
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Became extremely powerful during the Middle Ages
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Roman Catholic Church
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secular clergy-name from lowest to highest
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1. parish priests
2.bishops 3.archbishops 4. Pope |
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In charge of the RCC in a community called a parish
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Parish priests
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Wife was a christain
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Clovis
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Promised to become a christian if he won a certain battle
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Clovis
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after winning, he was baptized and had thousands of his soldiers baptized with him
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cLOVIS
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United the franks under one government
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clovis
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Known as the founder ofthe french nation
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clovis
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sent troops to italy
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pepin the short
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defeated the lombards
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pepin the short
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pepin gave some of the lombard's land to the pope-was called
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papal states
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the pope was now a ________ leader as well as a ________ leader
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political leader as well asa religious leader
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son of pepin the short
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charlesmagne or charles the great
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excellent general
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charlesmagne
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his many military excursions nearly doubled the frank's empire-his empire included present day france, western germany, northern spain and northern italy
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charlesmagne
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pope crowned him "emperor of the Romans"
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charlesmagne
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in theory, was the first in hundreds of years
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western roman emperor , charlesmagne
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in truth 's empire was only loosely united and it was quite different from the earlier roman empire
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charlesmagne
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after his death, his 3 grandsons divided his empire among themselves
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charlesmagne
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the holy roman empire was made up of
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mainly present day germany-also included present day austria, switzerland and other areas
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