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| Refers to the Middle Ages especially the earliest part of the Middle Ages because of the lack of government, trade and education. |
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| Refers to the time period in Europe from roughly the 5th century to the 15th century after the collapse of Rome and before the Renaissance. This period is marked by feudalism and manorialism. |
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| Person who has land and knights to protect him along with peasants to work on his land in the feudal system. |
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| the feudal warrior in Medieval Europe. |
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| peasant who worked the land in the feudal structure |
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| the class of people who control land in the feudal system |
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| the code of conduct for a knight |
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| produce everything that is needed on their own - manors were self sufficient |
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| a plague that ran through Europe during the Middle Ages - created further misery in a time of chaos |
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| The Bright Spot of the Early Middle Ages. He was a German King who was able to briefly restore order throughout Western Europe brining back an central gov't, learning and arts before he died. Once he died his Empire collapsed and Europe went back into the Dark Ages. |
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| self-sufficient, defensive community that was the economic structure of the Middle Ages. There was little trade between manors especially in the Early Middle Ages because travel was not safe. |
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| a political system in which kings and powerful nobles granted land to other nobles in return for loyalty, military assistance, and services. |
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| Provided some stability, a moral code and some sense of unity during the Middle Ages. |
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| Someone who recieves land from a person higher in the Feudal Structure. This does not include a peasant however. The vassal must be able to give land to people underneath him in order to be considered a vassal and not a peasant. |
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| What were the three foundations of the Middle Ages? |
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1. Collapse of Rome
2. Germanic Tribes
3. Christianity |
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| What infludence did the Germanic Invaders have on Rome? |
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| They pushed into the Roman Empire causing it's final collapse. They brought with them an alliegance to the local leader (feudalism) and their plundering helped lead to the creation of isolated communities as travel became unsafe (manorialism) |
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| What was the Church important during the Middle Ages? |
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They took on many of the roles of a government such as:
1. education
2. rules/moral (Cannon Law)
3. orphanges, fed poor
4. some sense of unity |
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| Once the Germanic Tribes broke through the borders of the Roman Empire people isolated themselves on self-sufficient communities as trade and travel became unsafe. |
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| Why did Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire? |
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1. Formed in the Roman Empire - easy trade and travel (cultural diffusion)
2. attracted the poor with the promise of afterlife and the belief that God viewed everyone as equals |
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| Why did Germanic Tribes invade Western Europe? |
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1. They were pushed West by the invading Huns.
2. They thought the Roman Empire offered a better way of life. |
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| Political Causes of the Collapse of Rome. |
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1.Empire was too large.
2. Series of poor leaders
3. No clear line of dissent for the throne. |
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| Economic Causes of the Collapse of the Roman Empire |
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1. Rome was no longer growing so they couldn't take booty from areas they conquered.
2. Tenant farming increased
3. No money for roads are army |
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| Social Causes of collapse of Roman Empire |
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1. Lack of loyalty especially from those who were not Roman.
2. inability of government to slow the plague angered people and made them even less loyal. |
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