Chapter 5 Europe in the Middle Ages
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willowgrove on April 28, 2010
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Ms. Roos Social Studies 6 th Grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Middle Ages | the years between ancient and modern times;from about A.D. 500 until 1500 |
| medieval | of the Middle Ages |
| feudalism | a system of power in Europe during the Middle Ages, in which kings and queens had the most power, followed by nobles, knights, and peasants |
| vassal | in medieval Europe,a man who promised to be loyal to a landowner, who in return gave him a share of the land, called a fief |
| manor | a large estate, often including a village and farmlands, ruled by a lord in medieval Europe |
| seld-sufficient | able to supply one's own needs; the residents pf a medieval manor were self-sufficient |
| serf | a person who lived on and farmed a lord's land in feudal times; he or she did not own land and depended on the lord for protection |
| clergy | persons ordained to perform certain religious duties |
| excommunicate | to expel or prevent someone from taking part in Church life; in the Middle Ages, Catholic Church leaders threatened to excommunicate a lord who rebelled against Church power |
| guild | an association of all the people in a town or village who practiced a certain trade; weavers, grocers, masons, and others in the Middle Ages formed guilds and set standards for quality and prices |
| apprentice | an unpaid worker who is being trained in a craft; in medieval Europe, boys became apprentices at the age of 12 and trained for seven years |
| chivalry | the noble qualities that knights were to have: bravery, loyalty, and doing heroic deeds to win the love of a worthy woman |
| troubadour | a traveling performer who wandered from place to place in France, Italy and Spain, singing songs and reciting poems about the chivalrous deeds of knights |
| Crusades | several military expeditions between A.D. 1095 and 1272, supported by the Catholic Church , to win the Holy Land back from the Seljuk Turks; the Holy Land included Jerusalem and parts of present-day Israel and Jordan |
| nation | a community that shares a government and sometimes a common language and culture; in medieval Europe. kingdoms became nations as the kings gained power and unified their lands |
| the Magna Carta | the "Great Charter"; an agreement between King John of England and his nobles and clergy in which the king's power over his nobles was limited |
| Parilament | a council that advised the English king or queen in government matters; today, a group of elected officials who make up the legislative branch of the British government |
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