| A | B |
|---|
| Middle Ages | years between ancient and modern times |
| medieval | from the Middle Ages |
| feudalism | system of power in Europe in the Middle Ages |
| vassal | man who promised to be loyal to a landowner who gave him a share of land |
| manor | large estate ruled by a lord |
| self-sufficient | able to tak ecare of your needs by yourself |
| serf | person who lived on and farmed a lord's land |
| clergy | people ordtained to perform religious duties |
| excommunicate | to expel or present someone from taking part in church life |
| guild | association of people who practiced the same trade |
| apprentice | unpaid worker who is being trained in a trade or craft |
| chivalry | noble qualities that knights weere supposed to hav |
| troubador | traveling performer who sang songs about chivalrous deeds of knights |
| Crusades | expeditions supported by the Catholic Church to win back the Holy Lands |
| nation | community that shares a government and sometimes a common language and culture |
| Magna Carta | agreement which limited the power King John had over his nobles |
| Parliament | council that advised the English king or queen in government matters |
