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Study stack for Middle ages
Term | Definition |
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Middle Ages | A period of time from 500 to 1500 CE |
Medvial | related to middle ages |
monk | a man who was dedicated to his religion and was isolated |
monastery | community of monk |
st patrick | one of the first missionaries who spread Christianity to ireland |
charlemagne | leader of the franks |
knight | solider who fought on horseback |
chivarly | the qualities expected of a knight |
Fief | plot of land |
vassal | a knight who received land in exchange for supporting a noble |
feddualism | a social system |
William the conqueror | a French noble who conquered england |
manor | a large estate owned by a lord or knight |
serf | someone who lived and worked on a manor |
guild | associations formed by groups of specialized workers |
excommunicate | to remove someone from church |
crusades | series of wars |
Holy land | land around Palestine that is significant to Jews Christians and muslims |
clergy | church offical |
natural law | the belief from Thomas Aquinas that God created a law how to Govern the world |
magna carta | the Great character that required the king of england |
parliament | a law making group |
hundred years war | a conflict between England and france |
Joan of arc | French girl who inspired the French solider |
black death | a plague that killed 25 million people |
heresy | ideas that went against the teachings of church |
reconquista | the process of the christian kingdom |
inquistion | a organism of priests that punished anyone |
manorlalism | an economic system structed |