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Middle ages
Question | Answer |
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Middle Ages | a period that lasted from about 500 to 1500 in Europe. |
Medieval | Referring to the middle ages. |
Pope | The head of a catholic church, official title of the pope is bishop of Rome. |
Monks | A religious man who lived apart from society in an isolated community. |
Monasteries | A community of monks. |
Charlemagne | Charles the Great |
Feudalism | A system in which a lord can give land exchange for loyalty. |
Manor | A large estate owned by a knight or a lord. |
Tenant | rented from a landlord. |
Vassal | A noble who provided support in exchange for land. |
Knights | A warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horseback in medieval Europe. |
Serf | A worker in medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which he or she lived. |
Chivalry | The code of honorary behavior for medieval knights. |
Bubonic plague | A plague caused by the bite of an infected flea. |
Crusades | A long series of wars between Christains and Muslims in southwest Asia fought for control of the holy land from 1096 to 1291. |
Crusader | a fighter in the medieval Crusades. |
Holy Land | the region on the eastern shore of the mediterranean sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died. |
Magna Carta | A document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights. |
Parliament | The lawmaking body that governs England. |