| A | B |
|---|
| Clovis | First Merovingian king |
| Charlemagne | Crowned Emperor of the Romans |
| Alcuin | Leading scholar of the Franks |
| Treay of Verdun | Divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts |
| Louis the Pious | Son of Charlemagne |
| vassal | A lesser noble |
| Fief | A feudal estate. |
| knight | A warrior on horseback |
| chivalry | Codes of conduct |
| troubadour | Wandering poets |
| manor | A lord's estate |
| serfs | People bound to the land |
| secular | Political powers |
| sacrament | Sacred ritual of the Catholic Church |
| canon law | Law of the church |
| excommunication | Dissallowed the sacraments |
| interdict | A region excluded from the sacraments |
| tithe | Money for the Church |
| Dominicans | Promoted Christian doctrine |
| anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jews |
| charter | Gave self rule to a town. |
| capital | money |
| usury | lending money at interest |
| guilds | Trade associations in middle age's towns. |
| apprentice | A trainee within a guild |
| High Middle Ages | Golden Age of the Middle Ages |
| Hildegard | Famous German nun |
| Abbot Berno | Founder of the Clunaic Reforms |
| Feudalism | Political system of the Middle Ages |
| Manorialism | Economic system of the Middle Ages |
| Triennial System | Three-field farming system |
| Battle of Tours | Stopped the Muslim advance into Western Europe |
| Lothair | Oldest son of Louis the Pious |
| Merovingian | The "Do Nothing Kings" |
