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Review for Chapter 5: Europe in the Middle Ages test

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vassal   in medieval Europe, a man who is given land in exchange for his loyalty  
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manor   a large estate, often including a village and farmland; ruled by a lord in medieval Europe  
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Middle Ages   the years between ancient and modern times; from about 500 to 1500  
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self-sufficient   able to supply one's own needs  
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medieval   of the Middle Ages  
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serf   a person who lived on and farmed a lord's land in feudal times; he or she did not own land and depended upon the lord for protection  
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Charlemagne   king of the Franks who conquered much of western Europe; great patron of literature and learning  
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Gaul   a region of France, Belgium, and parts of Germany and northern Italy; occupied by the ancient Gauls  
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feudalism   a system of power in Europe during the Middle Age, in which kings and queens held the most power, followed by nobles, knights, peasants, and finally serfs  
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clergy   persons ordained to perform certain religious duties  
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excommunicate   to expel or prevent someone from taking part in church life  
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guild   an association of all the people in a town or village who practiced a certain trade  
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apprentice   an unpaid worker who is being trained in a craft  
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chivalry   the noble qualities that knights were supposed to have; bravery, loyalty, and doing heroic deeds to win the love of a worthy woman  
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troubadour   a traveling performer who wandered from place to place singing songs and reciting poems about the chivalrous deeds of knights  
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Crusades   several military expeditions between the years of 1095 to 1272 supported by the Catholic church to win back the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks  
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Pope Urban II   pope who called all good Christians to take up arms against the Seljuk Turks in order to reclaim the Holy Land  
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Peter the Hermit   French religious leader who led one of the first bands of people of the First Crusade  
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Saladin   Muslim leader of the Seljuk Turks who allowed Christians to reenter the Holy Land  
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Holy Land   also known as Palestine, which includes parts of the modern nation of Israel  
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Jerusalem   capital city of the modern nation of Israel; considered a holy city for Christians, Muslims, and Jews  
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nation   a community that shares a government and sometimes a common language and culture; in medieval Europe, kingdoms became nations as the kings gained power and unified their lands  
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the Magna Carta   the "great charter", an agreement between King John of England and his nobles and clergy in which the king's power over his nobles was limited  
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Parliament   a council that advised the English king or queen in government matters; today, a group of elected officials who make up the legislative branch of the British government  
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King John   king of England who was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 under threat of civil war  
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King Henry IV   king of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire; argued with Pope Gregory VII and was banned from the church  
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Pope Gregory VII   Pope who reigned from 1073-1085, considered one of the greatest papal reformers of the Middle Ages  
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Joan of Arc   peasant girl who led the French army to victory over the English in the Hundred Years' War  
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Runnymede   a meadow along the Thames River in England  
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Orleans   a city in north-central France; the site of the Hundred Years' War and the defeat of the English by the French under the leadership of Joan of Arc  
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