Exam 7: The Struggle to Bring Order: The Early Middle Ages, C.A 750-1000

The peasants who lived on the medieval manor

Wergeld fines were the same regardless of the status of the persons involved.

Anglo-Saxon kings appointed ________ (later called sheriffs) to help them maintain control of the local shires.

Which of the following was not part of the feudal, as opposed to the manorial, hierarchy?

The Treaty of ________ partitioned the Carolingian empire among the descendants of Charlemagne.

The letters of the Carolingian noble woman ________ to her son show how noble families were caught in the quarrels that led to the division of the Carolingian Empire.

The great early English monk and historian, author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, was Alcuin.

The early medieval church's insistence on monogamy enhanced the position of married noble women.

Review the problem of invaders from the Visigoths to the Vikings. How did each of the major invaders change the political, social and cultural values of Europe?

The Anglo-Saxon king who defeated the Danes and who translated works from Latin into Old English was ________.

The adjective used by historians to describe the system of political and social relationships among the nobility in the early Middle Ages is

The medieval serf was

The major problem faced by Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon England was

Feudal society had a clear, well-organized structure.

All of the following were part of traditional German legal procedure except:

Charlemagne's diplomacy

The coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

The Anglo-Saxon monastic scholar who wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People was________.

Who was the more effective ruler, Charlemagne or Alfred the Great and why?

Of all the invaders of the Carolingian empire, the ones who did the most damage were the Magyars.