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| The events of 1066 _____ | affects Englihs history, character, and language |
| What happened in 1066? | Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror of Normandy |
| Who did William the Conqueror kill? | King Harold of England |
| What was the outcome of the battle in 1066? | The Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings |
| The Normans were from _____ | France |
| The Anglo-Saxons were from _____ | England |
| What is the Doomsday Book? | An inventory of nearly every piece of property in England including land, cattle, buildings |
| What became possible because of the Doomsday Book? | People could be taxed on what they owned because the government knew what they owned (it was listed in the Book) |
| Feudalism | A social system, a caste system, a property system, and a military system based on a hierararchy with God at the top; lasted 500 years |
| Knighthood | The military training of young me usually by families other than their own who were knighted when they completed their military training |
| What is "a terrible worm in an iron cocoon"? | A poem that described an armored knight and how miserable it was to wear armor |
| Two elements of warfare that helped to bring about the end of knighthood. | crossbow and musket ball |
| Life for medieval woman consisted of _____ | child bearing, housework, house management, and fieldwork for lower status women |
| Chivalry | A system of ideals and social codes governing the behavior of knights and gentle women. |
| Chivalry still influences us today in these ways _____ | idealization of women and romance literature |
| Courtly love | nonsexual love of a woman; inspired the knight to bravey and loyalty |
| Two results of chivalry | idealization of woman and respect for women; gave rise to romance literature |
| The new urban dweller's point of view was expressed in _____ | The Canterbury Tales and ballads sung in ale houses and at firesides |
| Crusades | A series of wars waged by European Christians against Muslims in the Middle East; lasted 100 years |
| What was the prize being fought for during the Crusades? | The Holy Land and Jerusalem |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | The head of the Catholic Church in England |
| Thomas à Becket | appointed by King Henry II as the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| King Henry II appointed Thomas à Becket because | Thomas a Becket was his friend |
| Henry II wanted Thomas à Becket to _____ | stand up to the Pope and challenge the Pope's authority in England |
| Thomas à Becket did not _____ | stand up to the Pope and Henry II was angry |
| Henry II said this about Thomas à Becket: _____ | "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" |
| Henry II's knights _____ | killed Thomas à Becket because Henry II was angry with Thomas à Becket |
| The murder of Thomas à Becket led to _____ | corruption within the curch |
| The murder of the Archbishop made the state _____ | weaker and the king could not correct corruption in the church |
| During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was the center of _____ | learning in Europe |
| The Catholic Church fostered _____ | cultural unity in Europe |
| In what year was the Norman Invasion? | 1066 |
| In what year was the Magna Carta singed? | 1215 |
| Who signed the Magna Carta? | King John |
| The English barons rose up in rebellion against _____ in 1215 | King John and the Pope of the Catholic Church |
| What did the Magna Carta do? | It guarenteed rights to the Barons of England |
| The Magna Carta became _____ | the basis for the English Constitutional Law |
| The Plague, the use of coins, and the invention of gunpowder _____ | helped bring about the end of the Middle Ages |
| Two positive outcomes of the 100 Years War | The English begin to see themselves as British rather than Anglo-Norman AND the Yeoman class was born |
| The Magna Carta was signed at _____ | Runnymede |
| _____ was the decisive battle of the Norman Invasion | Battle of Hastings |
| _____ won the Norman Invasion. | The Normans of Normandy, France |
| The Normans introduced _____ to England because it was already established in France. | Feudalism |
| The Black Death was _____ | the Plague |
| The Black Death was in what years? | 1348-1349 |
| During the Black Death, the population _____ | was reduced by one-third |
| The short-term outcome of the Black Death was _____ | a labor shortage |
| The long-term outcome of the Black Death was _____ | serfs were free because their labor was in such demand |
| What was the source of the Black Death? | fleas from infected rats got on people and made them sick |
| In Medieval times, women _____ | had no rights, were subservient to father, husband, brothers |
| When Thomas à Becket became Archbishop he became _____ | very religious and took his job seriously |
| Canterbury Cathedral is now _____ | a religious shrine |
