| A | B |
|---|
| Dark Ages | period following the fall of the Roman Empire |
| Holy Roman Empire | Christian name for W. Europe |
| Feudalism | exchange of land for military service, rigid class system |
| Lords | head of the manor, land ownwe |
| Vassals | promised loyalty in exchange for land, promised to protect the Lord |
| Serfs | not slaves but bound to the land, considered property |
| Manor | self-sufficient economic unit |
| Crusades/Jihad | Holy war...opens trade |
| Manorialism | land, not money is the main source of wealth..self-sufficient |
| Anti-semitism | against the Jews (early bankers) |
| Gothic | flying buttresses, high buildings, pointed arches, light and airy |
| Holyland | Jerusalem |
| Medieval | the name for the period of the Middle Ages, from about 500 to the middle of the 1400s |
| Chivalry | the code of conduct follwed by knights during the Middle Ages |
| Secular | having to do with "worldly" rather than religious matters |
| Monastery | community where men or women focus on spirtual goals |
| Medieval | Dark Ages, "Medieval Times" |
| Chivalry | Code of Conduct for Nights |
| Manorialism | Village/Manor life in the Dark/Medieval Age, self-sufficient farming for the "Lord" |
| Excommunicate | to kick out of the Church |
| Shinto | native religion to Japan, "Spirits", nature |
| Shogun | military Japanese commander |
| Daimyo | Japanese feudal lord |
| Samurai | warrior class of Japan |
| Bushido | code of the Samurai, ethic/moral code |
| decipher | to find meaning of |
| testimony | evidence in support of fact, oath |
| contemporary | belonging to the "same time"/era |
| chronological | arranged in the order of time: |
| standardize | to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the lik |
| self-sufficient | "to grow everything you need" T-Fraz |
