AP European History: Early Middle Ages Focus Questions

1. How and why did feudalism start? 2. What were the important ingredients of feudalism? 3. How did towns begin to develop? 4. What were the parts of an early middle ages town? 5. What is scholasticism and how was it studied? 6. Who were the critics of scholasticism and why were they against it? 7. What were some of the innovations in agriculture during the early middle ages? 8. What is an indulgence, and what was its purpose. What do you think? 9. How does a male become a knight? 10. What is a garderobe? How was it used and prepared for re-use? 11. Define the word hermit. Why would one become one? 12. What is the worst thing that could happen to a person in the middle ages? 13. Describe the different parts of a manor. 14. Why did the population of men go up and down throughout the middle ages? Where did they go? 15. What are the Papal States?