AP CH 10 Flashcards

8640996357	Middle Ages	Period of western European history between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance	0
8641004553	Gothic	Style of architecture of the cathedrals during the Middle Ages	1
8641008791	Manorialism	A system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe	2
8641011445	Serfs	an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.	3
8641015269	Three-field System	Farmland divided into three equal-sized fields, in which crops were rotated	4
8641018654	Clovis	King of the Franks; converted to Christianity circa 496	5
8641022869	Carolingians	Line of Frankish rulers established by Pepin III's coronation in A.D. 751	6
8641030187	Charles Martel	8th century Frankish leader who led armies that stopped the Muslims from advancing into France	7
8641034816	Feudalism	political, military, and social system based on the holding of land(fief)	8
8641039941	Vassals	lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity	9
8641043985	William the Conqueror	Powerful French noble who conquered England in 1066, he brought feudalism to Britain.	10
8641051507	Magna Carta	A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power	11
8641055569	Hundred Years War	Conflict between England and France that establishes each as a unified country (1337-1453)	12
8641064593	Pope Urban II	Medieval pope, he called on Christians to launch the First Crusade	13
8641067795	Investiture	The authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials	14
8641071443	Thomas Aquinas	Scholar who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by sound reasoning	15
8641075909	Scholasticism	in medieval Europe, the school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian belief	16
8641080501	Hanseatic League	An organization of cities in northern Germany for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance.	17
8641085435	Guilds	Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests	18
8641090049	Black Death	14th century bubonic plague epidemic; decimated populations in Asia and Europe.	19