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Middle Ages
Question | Answer |
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A period that lasted from about 500 to 1500 | Middle Ages |
Another name for the Middle Ages | medieval |
Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities | monks |
Communities of monks | monasteries |
Warriors who fought on horseback | knights |
a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land | vassal |
A system of promises that governed the relationship between lords and vassals | feudalism |
Large estate owned by a knight or lord | manor |
Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived | serfs |
Code of honorable behavior of knights | chivalry |
A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia | Crusades |
An important document that stated people's rights. It was signed by King John in 1215 | Magna Carta |
Deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 | Black Death |
Crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 | Charlemagne |
Ruled part of France as a vassal, 1137 became Queen of France then later Queen of England | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
A monk who spread Christianity | St. Patrick |
Called “lion heart” for his bravery. Soldier, general and then king of England who fought in the 3rd Crusade. | Richard I |
Muslim general and leader who fought in the 3rd Crusade | Saladin |
Teenage peasant girl who rallied the French troops during the Hundred years' War | Joan of Arc |