| A | B |
| Manor | a feudal estate, a castle was a major part of it |
| Protestants | wanted to reform the catholic church |
| Franks | a germanic people |
| revolution | great and often violent change |
| common law | unwritten laws that come from local customs |
| Athens | home of the first democratic constitution |
| indulgence | freed catholics of punishment of sins |
| constitution | a plan for a government that shared power |
| charter | granted city residents privileges and freedoms |
| Alexandria | great center of learning in northern egypt |