Middle Ages Vocab
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| Feudalism |
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| "Caste" System | Middle Ages had a rigid class structure with the King on top, nobility, knights, peasants, and finally serfs.
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| Nobles | Landed gentry such as Dukes and Barons that were given manors in exchange for providing protection in the form of castles and knights back to the King.
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| Knights | part of the warrior class that exchanged protection services for payment, shelter, and food
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| Peasants | the lower class that worked the land for the nobles and gave a portion of their crops to noble in exchange for protection
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| Serfs | the lower labor class that works on the manor in exchange for protection, this group actually conveys with the manor which severely restricted their freedoms
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| Manor | the castle and the surrounding lands
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| Magna Carta | document signed in 1215 that limits the rights of the English monarch
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| Black Death/ Black Plague | the bubonic plague that originated in china and was carried by fleas on rats to Europe where it killed 1/4 - 1/2 of the population
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| Medieval | describes the period of the Middle Ages from 500 - 1200 ad in Europe
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| Charlemagne | the best known Frankish king ever the holy Roman Empire. known for his stance on education
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| Vikings | germanic people from Scandinavia who often raided Western Europe on longships during the ad 800s and 900s due to a growing population and poor farmland
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| Monastery | a building where religious monks lived and worked. Convent is the female version of nuns
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| Crusades | a series of christian military expeditions from 11th - 13th centuries to recapture the holy land from the muslims
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| Sacred | religious
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| Secular | not religious
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| Page | the 1st step of knighthood, about age 7
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| Squire | the 2nd step of knighthood, about age 14
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| Chivalry | a code of behavior for a knight including fairness and respect for a woman
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