| A | B |
|---|
| knight | armored horseman |
| squire | knight's servant |
| serf | worked the noble's land |
| feudalism | system of loyalties/protection/dutys |
| vassal | served a lord for land |
| fief | land given to a vassal |
| chivalry | rules followed by knights |
| cathedral | large church |
| clergy | religious workers |
| convent | community in which nuns live |
| Gothic | architecture with pointed arches |
| monastery | community in which monks live |
| monk | male religious worker |
| nun | female religious worker |
| Romanesque | architecture with rounded arches and vaults |
| Paris | capital of France |
| parchment | paperlike material made from sheepskin |
| apprentice | learns a trade from a master |
| charter | document granting sel-government |
| Flanders | formerly a small country |
| guild | groups of merchants and craft workers |
| King John | forced to sign Magna Carta |
| Magna Carta | document limiting King's power |
| plague | Black Death (sickness) |
| Charlemagne | Charles the Great |
| Crusades | wars fought to capture the Holy Lands |
| Holy Roman Empire | ancient empire in central Europe |
| Middle Ages | period of history A.D.500 - A.D.1500 |
| Pope | leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Turks | captured Arab Empire |
| Vikings | warriors from Norway, Sweden and Denmark |
| Pope Urban II | urged people to take back the Holy Lands |
