| A | B |
|---|
| Middle Ages | a period of time in Europe between A.D. 500 and about 1500 |
| manor | a large self-sufficent estate granted to a lord and worked by serfs |
| serf | a person who was bound to work on a noble's manor |
| feudalism | starting around 800, a system for organinzing and governing society based on land and service |
| lord | a noble who owned and controlled all activites on his manor |
| vassal | a noble who usually given a fief by his lord in exchange for loyalty, a lesser lord |
| fief | a gift a of land |
| guild | an organization of workers in a trade or a craft that set standards and protected the interests of its members |
| Magna Carta | a legal document written by English lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the king |
| Charlemagne | King of the Franks |
| William the Conqueror | Norman king in 1066 he defeated Harold the Anglo Saxon king and become the first Norman king of Englandd |
| King John I | King of England, forced to sign the Magna Carta |
| England | part of the United Kingdom; located on the isle of Great Britain |
| Normandy | a region on the north western coast of France, near the English Channel |
| monestery | a community where monks live |
| nun | a woman who devotes her life to religion, often lives in a convent |
| convent | a community where nuns live |
| cathedral | a large or important Christian church |
| saint | one who is thought to be especially holy |
| Crusade | a holy war to regain control of the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land |
| plague | a terrible disease that spreads quickly and kills many people |
| Benedict | a monk |
| Francis of Assisi | a Saint |
| Pope Urban II | called for the holy wars or Crusades |
| Chartres | a city noted for its cathedral |
