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Middle ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |