Chapter 5, Europe in the middle ages
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- feudalism
- a system in which land was owned by Kings or Lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty
- troubadour
- traveling poet and musician of the Middle Ages
- chivalry
- the code of honorable conduct for knights
- apprentice
- an unpaid person training in a craft or trade
- Holy Land
- Jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where Jesus lived and taught
- Jerusalem
- a city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews
- Magna Carta
- the "The Great Charter," in which the King's power over his nobles was limited agreed to by King John of England in 1215
- Crusades
- a series of military expeditions launched by Christian Europeans to win the Holy Land back from Muslim control
- medieval
- referring to the Medieval Ages
- pilgrim
- a person who journeys to a sacred place
- knight
- a man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier
- Hundred Years' War
- a series of conflicts between England and France, 1337-1453
- serf
- a farm worker considered part of the manor on which he or she worked
- clergy
- persons with authority to perform religious services
- Middle Ages
- the years between ancient and modern times
- excommunication
- expelling someone from the Church
- Model parliament
- a council of lords, clergy, and common people that advised the English king on government matters
- manor
- a large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord
- nation
- a community of people that shares territory and a government
- guild
- a medieval organization of crafts workers or tradespeople