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| knight | a man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier |
| Middle Ages | the years between ancient and modern times |
| medieval | referring to the Middle Ages |
| feudalism | a system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for 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 medieval organization of crafts workers or tradespeople |
| 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. |
| pilgrim | a person who journeys to a sacred place |
| nation | a community of people that shares territory and a government |
| 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 advised the English king on government matters. |
| Hundred Years' War | a series of conflicts between England and France, 1337-1453 |
