+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
It replaced the “scratch” plow and allowed more land to be cultivated more effectively throughout Europe.
|
The “heavy-wheeled” plow
|
|
The amount the European population increased between 1000 and 1300 due to an end to the barbarian invasions and the agricultural revolution.
|
“double” the population
|
|
The only source of mechanical labor in Europe before the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century.
|
Water and wind mills
|
|
This term means that a field is not planted in order to allow nature to restore the soil’s nutrients.
|
“fallow”
|
|
New crops that were useful in feeding domesticated animals during the winter months.
|
Alfalfa, clover and vetch
|
|
The most prestigious form of competition between two knights that evolved within the medieval tournament.
|
the “joust”
|
|
This field belonged to the lord of the manor who received all of its produce, but it was planted and harvested by his serfs.
|
The desmesne
|
|
These events were started by the counts of Champagne (in northern France) in order to supervise trading activities and collect a sales tax on all goods exchanged there.
|
Medieval fairs
|
|
A knightly code of values that stressed bravery, loyalty, skill with weapons, and proper manners as well as defense of the church.
|
Chivalry
|
|
The main room of a medieval castle that housed kitchens, stables, and storerooms.
|
The “keep”
|
|
The customary age for a medieval boy to begin his studies at a university.
|
12 to 15
|
|
The city where the first Italian university was built – it specialized in the study of law.
|
Bologna, Italy
|
|
The theologian who belonged to the Dominican Order and was the leader of the Scholastic method.
|
St. Thomas Aquinas
|
|
The university where St. Thomas Aquinas taught – it specialized in philosophy and theology.
|
The University of Paris
|
|
The approximate number of universities in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages.
|
80
|
