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(DMS) Chapter 5
(DMS) The Decline of Feudalism
Question | Answer |
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Magna Carta | "The Great Charter"; a contract between the monarch and the nobles in England that limited the powers of the monarch |
Bubonic Plague/The Black Death | This was a disease the spread from Asia to Europe that killed about 25 million people |
Hundred Year's War | A war between the French and the English |
habeas corpus | Because of the Magna Carta, a person could not be jailed without being formal accused in front of a judge |
parliament | A body of the English government that gave commoners more voice in decisions |
Silk Road/Trade Routes | methods of the spread of the Black Death |
commoners | a low social class in the Middle Ages |
Battle of Crecy | A battle between the French and English where English commoners decisively beat mounted French knights |
Joan of Arc | a French commoner that would inspire the French and lead them to victory against the English |
political reform | government change |
social change | change in social structure |