| A | B |
|---|
| Absolutism | the historical time frame of Absolute Monarchy |
| absolute monarchy | complete power by a ruler/totalitarians |
| apprentice | a young person who is learning a job/trade |
| Nobles | upper class |
| cathedral | a large/huge Church |
| Charlemagne | the first "divine right" monarch/ruler |
| divine right | the power to rule comes from God |
| commerce | trade |
| feudalism | a political system: land for protection |
| manorialism | an economic system during the Middle Ages: "self-sufficient" |
| fief | a large piece of land |
| gentry | landowners - huge pieces of land |
| guilds | unions - groups of people who got together to protect their interests/jobs |
| heresy | going against the Catholic Church |
| Hundred Years War | political: England vs France [circa 1350 - 1450] |
| Johannes Gutenberg | he invented the Printing Press |
| King John of England | he signed the Magna Carta |
| Magna Carta | a document it ended "divine right" / "Absolute Monarchy" in England [1100s] |
| manor | a large, self-sufficient, village |
| monastery | a place where religious men lived as a community, dedicated to God and education |
| monks | they carried on learning during the Middle Ages - copied books |
| Normans | Vikings who settled in northern France - they later invaded England from France |
| peasants | poor farmers |
| pilgrimage | a religious journey |
| poverty | poor |
| Richard the Lionhearted | King of England - went on a Crusade - slaughteren 2,700 Muslims |
| self-sufficient | you don't need anyone - you survive on your own |
| sorcery | witchcraft |
| St. Joan of Arc | a martyr - led French troops to victory against England - later burnt at stake by Church |
| martyr | someone who dies for the good of the cause |
