Study Guide for Chapter  7 - The Rise of Feudal Europe    Terms and People to Know

Sec 1.  Pgs 212-218 
Clovis   Franks      Merovingians        "Do Nothing Kings"   Charles Martel    Battle of Tours     Pepin III       Charlemagne    Carolinigians
Pope Leo III     Holy Roman Emperor     Aix la Chapelle       Aachen   missi dominici  Louis I ( the Pious)   Treaty of Verdun
Magyars ( Hungarians)         Vikings      Muslims 

Sec 2. Pgs 219-224
Feudalism        lord       vassal         feudal contract      fief       primogeniture    knight         page        squire
Tournaments   castles   coat of arms     castle keep     chivalry     troubadours    manor       domain       fallow          serfs          

Sec 3.  Pgs 225-229
Hierarchy    parish priest        sacrements           Bishop              diocese     Cathedral      archbishop      pope            curia            Callistus I        regula              Monasticism        Benedictines       Benedictine Rule     abbot            missionaries         St. Patrick         Pope Gregory        Canterbury     Augustine         Canon Law     Excommunication      interdict            tithe            Peter's pence             investiture          simony       heresy    St. Francis    Franciscans        Dominicans         Inquisition

Sec 4.   Pgs 230-241
Three-field system    charter   trade routes    Hanseatic League    capital   partnerships    tenant    middle class  usury  guilds    apprentice    journeymen    towns     Canterbury Tales  Geofrey Chaucer   

Ideas to understand
•   How did Frankish rulers gain control of western Europe?
•   Why was medieval life organized around feudalism and the manorial system?
•   What was the role of the church during the Middle Ages?
•   Describe town life in the Middle Ages