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Chapter 13 section 3
Chapter 13 section 3 - The Age of Chivalry
Question | Answer |
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What was the code of conduct for knights? | chivalry |
A knight was expected to fight bravely for three masters.One master a knight was supposed to fight for was his | chosen lady |
Which set of values did Chivalry follow? | bravery,honesty,loyalty,and courteous |
What was the main role/duty of knights? | to help nobles fight for control of land and to protect their kingdom |
What did knights most commonly trade military service for? | land |
Despite the fact that knights were held to the highest standards,most knights were rarely punished for | brutality to the weak |
Who was allowed to train to become a knight in the Middle Ages? | a boy of noble birth |
The first step to knighthood was called becoming a ____________. It is when at around the age of 7, a boy was sent off to the castle of another lord to learn good manners and and practice fihting skills. | paige |
The second step of knighthood was called becoming a ______________.At around the age of 14,a boy would become a servant of a knight. | squire |
What did knights often use alot of their newly acquired wealth for? | weapons,armor,saddles,stirrups,and horses |
What did knights devote much of their time to improving? | their fighting skills |
Staged or mock battles for entertaining audiences and that helped train knights to gain experience. | tournaments |
Traveling poet-musicians in the castles and courts of Medieval Europe. | troubadours |
What was the literature of chivalry about? | the life of knights that did not reflect reality,castle life, and the code of chivalry |
During the early European Middle Ages,songs and poems were written about | a knight's loyalty to the woman that he loved. |
Long poems that that were often stories about legendary kings such as Charlemagne and King Arthur were called ____________. | epics |
what was a women's role in Medieval society? | had very little power,were taught they were inferior to men by the Church,and were limited to activities in the home |
a woman who could sometimes rule the land when their husbands were away from home, could not inherit land,but who's main role was to take care of their home and children. | a noblewoman |
These women were in the majority during the early Middle Ages.They held no power, worked in the fields, took care of their families, and struggled to survive. | peasant women |
Kings,lords,vassals,knights, and noblewomen all lived in protected _________ made of stone.They were designed as fortresses with massive walls and guard towers. | castles |