| A | B |
|---|
| armada | fleet of warships |
| cathedral | big, beautiful church |
| convent | religious community for nuns |
| Crusade | first journey to gain control of Jerusalem |
| deforestation | process of clearing forests |
| feudalism | a way of organizing society based on land and military service |
| fief | a manor given to a vassal by a lord |
| guild | group of craftworkers |
| humanism | concern with human values and interests |
| indulgence | pardon for sins |
| lord | noble who owned a manor |
| Magna Carta | English charter guaranteeing rights |
| manor | large estate owned by a noble |
| Middle Ages | period of time between ancient Roman times and the 1400's |
| monastery | a religious community of monks |
| navigable | water deep enough for boat travel |
| nun | a woman who devotes her life to religion |
| patron | person who supports the arts |
| plague | terrible disease |
| Protestantism | branch of Christianity that broke away from Roman Catholicism |
| reform | to improve by making changes |
| Reformation | a movement that brought changes or reform to the Church |
| Renaissance | a period of time in history that had great creativity |
| saint | a holy person |
| serf | a person who lived and worked on a manor |
| temperate | mild climate |
| vassal | a person who served a lord |
