| A | B |
|---|
| manor | an estate owned by wealthy nobles |
| serf | worked the land of nobles |
| feudalism | granting land in return for loyalty |
| vassals | served the lord as a knight |
| Magna Carta | limited the king's power |
| Vikings | "sea pirates" |
| Scandinavia | Norway, Sweden, Finland |
| William the Conqueror | first Norman king of England |
| monks | men devoted to their religion |
| monasteries | buildings where monks lived |
| nuns | women devoted to their religion |
| Crusades | holy wars |
| Black Death | a disease which killed millions of people |
| cathedral | grand churches |
| Renaissance | rebirth of learning |
| Michelangelo | painted the ceiling of Sistine chapel |
| Leonardo da Vinci | a painter, inventor, and scientist |
| Copernicus | believed the earth orbited the sun |
| Shakespeare | Renaissance writer and playwright |
| Johannes Gutenberg | invented printing press |
