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 feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and therefore granted estates to vassals , 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), Code of Justinian - 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, 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., fief - In feudalism, a grant of land given to a vassal from a lord,

Middle Ages Vocabulary

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