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| What were the war games that knights participated in? | Tournaments |
| From whom did the pages receive their military training? | Knights |
| What happens to a field when it is left fallow? | It's not planted for a year or more |
| What was the oath called that the lord made to his overlord? | Fealty |
| What was power under the feudal system based on? | Amount of education and money |
| Land received by a vassal after he pledged his allegience. | Fief |
| Fortress built to protect the people of the surrounding area | Castle |
| Medieval warrior on horseback, wore metal chain mail for protection. | Knight |
| The supreme overlord who granted land in return for military service. | King |
| This jury determines the guilt or innocence of a person during a trial. | Petit |
| The estate on the fief had one ______ for each knight. | Manor |
| This jury determines if there is enough evidence to send a person to trial | Grand |
| This noble seized the French throne in Paris (987 A.D.) | Hugh Capet |
| A German king who was excommunicated for lay investiture | Henry IV |
| The national assembly of France which consisted of 3 bodies. It held no power but only advised the King. | Estates-General |
| The great council of nobles to advise the King (England) | Witan |
| He took power away from the nobility and took land held by the English | Philip Augustus |
| The native tribe of Britain | Celts |
| The Germanic people that invaded and conquered much of the island of Britain | Angles & Saxons |
| Census for tax purposes (it helped centralize power) | Doomsday book |
| 3 duties of the Lady of the Manor | care of household/children, running manor during lord's absence, helping to raise ransom for her captured husband |
| Period after the fall of Rome/little learning & stagnated culture | Dark Ages |
| Latin term for middle ages | Medieval |
| Means "Charles the Great", greatest Frankish king who built an empire | Charlemagne |
| Divided the empire into 3 parts after the war between Charlemagne's sons in 843 A.D. | Treaty of Verdun |
| Major governing systems based on land holdings and a system of obligations and allegiances | Feudalism |
| The person who receives the land, takes an oath, & gives his service to the Lord | Vassal |
| Code of Conduct; social responsibility of the knights who were supposed to protect the weak & helpless | Chivalry |
| Rituals of the catholic church which were considered necessary for salvation | Sacraments |
| to deny a church teaching | Heresy |
| When a person could not receive the sacraments and would lose protection of the church | excommunication |
| The great charter (1215 A.D.) gave English some important rights and helped decrease the power of the king | Magna Carta |
| He defeated Harold of Wessex at the Battle of Hastings | William the Conquerer |
| 1066 Anglo-Saxon defeated by the Normans | Battle of Hastings |
| System of English law based on customs and traditions of the people | Common Law |
| Great warriors and excellent sailors | Vikings |
| Local government officials that report to the King | Counts |
| The ministers who ran the government; the ones with the power | Mayors of the Palace |
| Title taken by Charlemagne and his successors | Holy Roman Emperor |
| All the land in Italy in which the pope had control | Papal States |
