| A | B |
|---|
| Middle ages | the years between ancient and modern times. |
| medieval | reffering to the middle ages. |
| feudalism | a system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassalsin return for their loyalty. |
| manor | a large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. |
| serf | a farm worker considered part of the manor on which he or she worked. |
| clergy | persons with authority to perform religious services. |
| excommunication | expelling someone from the church. |
| guild | a medievil organazation of crafts workers or tradesperson. |
| apprentice | an unpaid person training in a craft or trade. |
| chivalry | the code of honorable conduct for knights. |
| troubadour | a traveling poet and musician of the middle ages. |
| holy land | jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where jesus lived and taught. |
| crusades | a series of military expeditions launched by christian Europeans to win the holy land back from muslim control. |
| jerusalem | a city in the holy land, regarded as sacred by christians, muslims, and jews. |
| pilgrimy | a person who journeys to a sacred place. |
| magna carta | the great charter, in which the king's power over his nobles was limited, agreed to by King John of England in 1215. |
| model parliament | a council of lords, clergy, and common people that advisedthe english king on government matters. |
| hundred years' war | a series of conflicts between england and france, 1337-1453. |
