A | B |
Apprentice | Unpaid worker being trained in a trade ( like carpenter, shoe maker |
Chivalry | The nobel qualities of nights |
Clergy | People who serve the church |
Crusades | Military expeditions to win control of the Holy Land from the Turks |
Excommunicate | To prevent someone from participating in church life |
Feudalism | A system of power in Europe where kings and queens had the most power, then the nobles, knights and last were tahe peasants |
Guild | Union of all the towns people who have the same job |
Magna Carta | Agreement between King John of England and his nobles to limit thei hings power |
Manor | Large estate owned by lord |
Medieval | From the Middle Ages |
Middle Ages | 500 AD to 1500 AD in Europe |
Nation | Large community or area that shares a single government |
Parliament | Council that advises the king or queen of England on Government matters |
Self-sufficent | Person who can supply everything they need for themselves ( grow own food, make own clothes, make and repair own tools) |
Serf | Person wonsidered part of the land |
Troubadour | Traveling performer who sang about the deeds of the knights |
Vassal | Person who swears loyalty to a lord |
Fief | Land given in exchange for service |