Definitions See Category #1 Feudalism Economy Feudalism military service Justice
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What is a scriptorium?
This is the location where monks hand copied important texts, such as the Bible.
100
Who are the Cluniacs?
This religious group was created amidst rising corruption in the Catholic church in the 10th century. They under direct control of the pope.
100
Who are the COTTERS?
These are the "edge-dwellers" in feudal society, the day laborers, those who do the dirty jobs.
100
What is 40?
How many days of service did vassals owe their lord?
100
Who is the lord?
Who is responsible for justice in feudal society?
200
What is simony?
This is the purchase of church positions.
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What is fallow?
This is name of a field, one of three, left empty in medieval agriculture.
200
What is self-sufficient?
This is the goal of the manorial economic system.
200
Who are peasant farmers.
This group was the most affected by battle.
200
What is stocks, pillory, or gallows?
Penalties were severe and resulted in public shaming using one of these three modes of punishments.
300
What is sanctuary
This law allowed people to find asylum within cathedrals, as in the Disney classic, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
300
Who are mendicant friars?
We have taken vows of poverty and our name literally translated into begging brothers.
300
What is a extraordinary?
Vassals owed these types of payments to their lords, which include ransom, dowry for eldest daughters, building castles through corvee labor, crusading, and hospitality.
300
What is summer?
Battles generally occurred in this season.
300
What are gibbets?
The dead were hung on these?
400
What is compurgation?
This legal practice allowed you to do as you please, so long as you had 12 people willing to declare your innocence.
400
What is the Truce of God?
The decree that prevents battle from occurring on holy days and from Wednesday-Sunday, is known as this.
400
What is scutage?
The was a tax paid by the wealthy to avoid military service.
400
Who is the RCC?
This group attempted to stymie battles by limiting them Mon-Wed.
400
What is a sword?
This, which was discussed in class, was convicted of falling on a passerby.
500
What is the Hanseatic League?
This group dominated trade in the North Sea from approximately 1300-1500 c.e.
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What is Corvee?
This is a tax paid in labor.
500
What is reciprocal?
The economic relationship between lord and vassal this one word but not equal?
500
What is particularism?
Off topic: feudal society led to this view which means one had a very limited view of the larger world.
500
Who is the lord?
Fines were payable to this person.






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