Crusades - Christian military expeditions used to take back Holy Lands from the Muslims. , Black Death - a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the death of 75–200 million people, feudalism - a political system in which nobles are granted lands in exchange for loyalty, military service, &protection of the people who live on the land. , Parliament - a body of representatives that makes laws for a nation, knight - in medieval Europe, an armored warrior who fought on horseback, lord - in federal Europe, a person who controlled land and therefore grant estates to vassal , serfs - a medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate, Middle Ages - Period of time between the 5th and 15th century. , manor - a lord’s estate in feudal Europe-consisting of a village, church, castle and farmlands , Magna Carta - The "Great Charter", a document that said that laws applied to the King as well (1215), Justinian Code - Laws created by Byzantine Emperor Justinian. , Roman Catholicism  - A type of Christianity. The Pope has the supreme power. It had large amounts of power during the Middle Ages. , Byzantine Empire - Was the Eastern Roman Empire during the Middle ages. , clergy - a body of officials who perform religious services-such as priest, ministers, or rabbis, Franks - Germanic people who settled in Gaul (France) & established a great empire in the middle ages, chivalry - a code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion, tournaments - a mock battle between groups of knights, vassal - in feudal Europe, a person who received a grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services, Great Schism - a division in the medieval Roman Catholic Church , during which rival popes were established in Avignon and in Rome, Vikings - the modern name given to seafaring people primarily from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe.,

Middle Ages Vocabulary-Mr.Munoz

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