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Middle Ages
Life in the middle ages
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feudalism | A social system in medieval Europe |
| Caste System | Middle Ages had a rigid class Structure with the king on top |
| Nobles | landed gentry such as dukes |
| Knights | Part of the warrior |
| Peasants | The lower class that worked the land |
| Serfs | The Lowest Labor |
| Manor | The castle and the surrounding lands |
| Magna carta | Document signed in 1215 |
| Black death | The bubonic plague |
| Medieval | Describes the period |
| Charlemagne | The best known frankish king |
| Vikings | Germanic people |
| Monastery | A building |
| Crusades | A series of Christians |
| Sacred | religious |
| Secular | Not religious |
| Page | The first step to knighthood |
| Squire | the second stage |
| Chivalry | A code of behavior |