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| Chivalry | Qualities of a good knight, including bravery, politeness, godliness, respect for women, protection of the weak, and fairness to the enemy. |
| Crusades | A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims for the Holy Land. |
| Joust | A contest between knights on horseback; armed with lances, the knights charge at each other in an attempt to knock their opponent off their horse. |
| Charlemagne | Powerful king of the Franks. Crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor. |
| Vikingss | Invaders from Scandinavia who raided much of Europe and North Africa. |
| Excoummunication | The act of removing a person from membership in the Church because of wrongful actions or beliefs. If this happened to you, you could not get into heaven. |
| Guild | A medieval organization of craft workers or tradespeople. |
| Magna Carta | Document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor the rights of the people. |
| Pope | The leader of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Black Death | A deadly plague (disease) that killed many people in Europe in the 1300’s. Also called the Bubonic Plague. |
| William the Conquer | Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England. |
| Holy Land | -European name for Palestine because it was the region where Jesus lived, preached, and died. |
