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61 Cards in this Set
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sagas |
Stories of Viking adventures |
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Valhalla |
Paradise where the dead would enjoy themselves by fighting and feasting |
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Asgard |
The place where gods live |
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Jarls |
Nobles |
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Karls |
Freemen |
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Thralls |
Slaves |
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Fief |
Land you get in exchange for service |
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Beserkers |
Brave soldiers in war |
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Monk |
A man who devotes his life to religion |
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Nun |
A woman who devotes her life to religion |
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Monastery |
A place where monks study, pray, and live |
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Convent |
A place where nuns study, pray and live |
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Missionary |
A person who teaches a religion to people with different beliefs |
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Monarch |
A king or queen |
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Serf |
A peasant in the Middle Ages, serfs lived on the land and farmed it |
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Knight |
A warrior trained to fight on horseback |
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Chivalry |
A code of behavior for nights |
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Guild |
A group of people united by a common interest |
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Lady |
A noblewoman |
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Villein |
Received land in return for working on lords manor. Could not sell their land |
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Epidemic |
A disease that spreads quickly |
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Feudalism |
Social, political and economic system with 4 levels- monarch, lords, knights and serfs. Declined when lords built up military power |
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Manor system |
Built around lord, his lands peasants and main house of the manor. The point was to be a self-sufficient community. |
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Manor house was built on the _____ |
Demesne |
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Lords |
Received land for loyalty. Kept order and collected taxes. Lived in manor house |
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Guild |
Group of people who worked together to reach a common goal |
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Things |
Open air meetings discuss problems and settle disputes |
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Vassal |
Wanted help from lord, and in return for protection, food and clothing, the vassal would be a lords servant for the rest of his life |
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Fiefdom |
Land a noble received from a king |
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Did all knights fight? |
No, performed serjeantry- carrying banners, giving fodder to kings beasts |
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Feudal system social pyramid |
Serf, villein, sub-tenant, tenant in chief, king |
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Troubadours |
Travelling musician |
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Shepherd |
Tends the sheep |
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Pilgrims |
Medieval Christians who travelled to Holy Land and travelled great distances |
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Noblewoman |
Ladies of castle, supervised children, gave instructions to servants |
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Bishop |
Nobleman of the church |
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What was a knight at first |
A soldier on horseback |
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The path to knighthood |
Age seven- page Age 12/13- squire Knight |
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Knight ceremony |
Confessed to priest, bathed and fasted |
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First Crusade |
Pope Urban II told people to take Jerusalem from Moslems and take up Cross. Peter the Hermit called commoners to fight, were wiped out. Knights were led by Godfrey, Bohemund and Robert. They were divided, and eventually captured Antioch. |
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Second Crusade |
Leaders were Conrad III and Louis VII, they did not work together and crusade fell |
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Saladin |
Great military leader, captured Jerusalem and took king |
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Third Crusade |
Richard the Lighthearted went to Holy Land, raised taxes. Conquered many places, Richard tried to fight Saladin and get Jerusalem, but failed. Worked out treaty with Saladin, left crusaders with small fringe along coastline |
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Fourth Crusade |
Attacked Constantinople, behavior embarrassment to pope. Didn't get far |
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Children's Crusade |
Disaster, thought they would be better than adults because they were innocent. Some died on Alps, some captured and sold as slaves |
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Fifth crusade |
Fought to conquer egypt. Egyptians lost Battle of Damietta, offered to trade Jerusalem for Damietta. crusaders disagreed. Forced to trade lives later |
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6th Crusade |
No battles fought, but got Jerusalem. |
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7th Crusade |
King of France captured, French pages ransom. Attacked North Africa |
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8th Crusade |
Failure, end of crusades |
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King John |
Richards brother, became king after Henry II died. Evil man, violated every principle of justice. Signed Magna Carta |
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Magna Carta |
Document with 63 points, every person entitled to justice, only those who obeyed could rise. |
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Four humors |
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile |
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What powers did a lord have over his vassal? |
Military power, political service |
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When married, a man was his wife's ____ |
Lord and master |
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Outer Bailey |
First courtyard inside the outer walls of a castle |
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Inner Bailey |
Inner courtyard |
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Wall/Curtain |
Surrounded Courtyard, very thick |
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Keep |
Strongest and most heavily fortified part, nice rooms |
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Black Death |
Bubonic plague, killed 25-33% of population. Spread because of fleas on black rats or contact with another person |
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Hundred Years War |
War between English and French, 116 years. English won many times, thanks to cannons and other things. |
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Joan of Ark |
Peasant girl who heard voices, led the French to many victories. She was captured and accused of heresy and burned at stake. |
