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Middle Ages Web Quest/Essential Notes
You are about to embark on a voyage throughout the Middle Ages.
On this voyage, you will discover many things about this unique time in Europe's history.
Using the following wed page find the answer to each of the following questions.
Medieval Europe Timelines
1. The medieval times, or middle ages, refers to a time in history that lasted about 1000 years. When did the middle ages start, and when did they end?
______CE - ______CE (CE stands for Common Era and basically means the same thing as AD.)
Charlemagne
  1. Charlemagne became King at the age of 26 in ______CE
  2. Charlemagne abolished with trial by ordeal and introduced ______
  3. To bring Europe under their control Pope Adrian took control of all ______things, while Charlemagne took control of all ______things.
  4. How did Pope Leo III made Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor? ______
The Norman Conquest of England
  1. Who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to become King of England? ______
  2. Where was this King originally from? ______
The Plague
  1. What was the name of the horrible disease hit Asia, Africa, and Europe in the 1300s? _____
  2. In ten years, the plague had killed over ______of Europe's population.
  3. People thought they were getting sick as a punishment from their gods, but it was actually ______that were spreading the disease.
Feudalism
  1. In medieval times, there were three major groups of people. They were the ______, the ______, and the ______.
  2. If people wanted more land, the would simply start a ______with someone.
  3. Around 900 CE, a new form of government called ______was formed.
  4. In the feudal system, everyone was a vassal. What does the term vassal mean? ______
  5. What was the ceremony called in which the vassals promised their loyalty to a lord? ______
  6. The most important promise of the vassal to the lord was the ______.
Fiefs
  1. ______in medieval times was broken into fiefs.
  2. The fief included at least one village, ______for the serfs, the manor house or ______, and areas set aside to grow, feed, or catch ______- the fields, pasture land, and woods.
  3. In exchange for ownership of a fief, you had to promise certain things.
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Life of the Nobility --- Kings, Lords, Ladies, Knights
  1. During the middle ages, noblewomen had no rights. They were the ____ of their husbands.
  1. They could not even chose their own husbands; their ______chose for them.
  1. ______did not go to school. They were taught by their mother how to behave and there was a
  1. strict code of behavior in the middle ages.
  1. Which church ruled the daily lives of the people in the middle ages? ______
  2. ______and ______were usually two reasons why arranged marriages were contracted.
Medieval Castles
23. Why did the nobility build their castles out of stone in the middle ages?
The Manorial System
Common People
24. The common people in the middle ages were the ______and the
______.
25. The ______could not leave the manor without permission, but they weren't slaves. They stayed with the land even if the lad was sold to a new owner.
26. The ______were free to leave the manor, but usually didn't because there really was no place for them to go.
27. How did the commoners pay their taxes to the lord?
______
28. Could most of the common people read or write? ______
Knight Life
29. At what age did the sons of noblemen begin their training for knighthood? ______
30. At age 15, he became a ______and was assigned to a knight to learn how to fight and behave.
31. Once a squire proved himself in battle, he became a ______.
32. What was the code called that said that all knights had to be brave in battle and is now the basis of good manners in most Western societies? ______
33. Name six standards of the Chivalric Code.
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34. The knight was one of three types of fighting men during the middle ages: ______, ______, and ______.
The Church
  1. Monks chose to dedicate themselves to a life of ______
  2. Monks took up three vows. What were they? ______
  3. What were some of the tasks nuns undertook? ______
  4. At the top of the Catholic Chucrch was the ______
  5. Then there were the ______
  6. Bishops gave up some of the land from the King to knights in return for what? ______
  7. Where did the Church get its wealth from? ______
  8. Why did the Church need to change (reform)? ______
The Crusades
  1. What was Jerusalem to Jews? ______
  2. What was Jerusalem to Christians? ______
  3. What was Jerusalem to Muslims? ______
  4. Briefly explain what the crusades were?______