Torture Chamber Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Chivalry | The noble qualities that knights were to have: bravery, loyalty, and doing heroic deeds to win the love of a worthy woman. |
| Excommunicate | To expel or prevent someone from taking part in Church life |
| Manorialism | An economic basis for middle age society. Land was given to lords to protect. |
| Moat | A deep trench filled with water that surrounded a castle, meant for protection. |
| Portcullis | A grate used to protect a castle's entrance. |
| Troubadour | A traveling performer who wandered from place to place in France, Italy and Spain. |
| Clergy | Persons ordained to perform certain religious duties. |
| 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. |
| Holy Land | Jerusalem; The land sought after by Crusaders |
| Bayeux Tapestry | A tapestry that depicted the events of The Battle of Hastings. |
| Self-Sufficient | Able to supply one's own needs; the economic goal of every medieval manor. |
| Vassal | A man who promised to be loyal to a landowner, who in return gave him a share of the land, called a fief. |
| Crenellations | The notched battlement on a castle wall. |
| Fief | A piece of land given to a vassal from a lord. |
| Knight | A man who received land and titles in exchange for serving a lord or king as a soldier. |
| Page | The first stage of knighthood. A page would typically run errands for a king or lord. |
| 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. |
| Guild | A system, with various levels, meant to help organize craft or trade. |
| "Deus Vult" | What Pope Urban ll shouted when he announced the start of the Crusades |
| Heraldry | A coat of arms worn to show what family one belonged to, as well as in battle to identify one's side of the fight. |
| Manor | A large estate, often including a village and farmlands, ruled by a lord. |
| Parliament | A council that advised the English king or queen in government matters. |
| Squire | A young nobleman who serves a knight and is just below the knight in the social hierarchy. |
| Domesday Book | A census meant to ascertain the value of land owned by William the Conqueror. |
| William Duke of Normandy | Invader in the Battle of Hastings for power over England. After he was victorious, he became known as "William the Conqueror." William also had the Domesday Book created as a census. |
| King John ll | King of England who was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 under threat of civil war. |
| Duke of Burgandy | During the Hundred Years' War, the Duke of Burgundry kept switching sides to fight with whoever was winning the war. |
| Barbarians | People who were considered uncivilized because they did not speak Latin. Vikings, Huns, Anglo-Saxons, Franks. |
| Johannes Gutenberg | Inventor of the printing press that made bibles; helped in the Churches loss of power |
| Charlemagne | King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, great patron of literature and learning. |
| Saladin | Muslim leader who became sultan of Egypt and ultimately defeated the Crusades; was also a man of learning and a patron of the arts. |
| Leif Ericson | A viking sailor who found America before Colombus; came ashore in Canada and found what is today known as "Newfoundland." |
| Pope Urban ll | Pope who developed reforms begun by Pope Gregory Vll, began the Crusades, and built political power for the papacy. |
| Joan of Arc | A peasant girl who led the French army to victory over the English in the Hundred Years' War by disguising herself as a man. |
| King Henry lV | King of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire; argued with Pope Gregory Vll and was excommunicated from the Church. After he was forgiven, Henry took over Italy and installed a new Pope. |
| Moors | Muslims of mixed African and Arab descent, who established a civilization in spain that lasted from the 8th century to the 15th century. |
| 476 | The Fall of rome |
| 500-1500 | Time period of the Middle Ages |
| 1066 | The Battle of Hastings- William the Conqueror and the Normans conquer Britain. |
| 1095(6) | The start of the Crusades. |
| 1215 | The signing of the Magna Carta by King John ll, led to parliament. |
| 1337-1453 | Hundred Years' War. Battle between William Duke of Normandy and King Edward lll for the throne. |
| 1348-1350 | Bubonic Plague/Black Death kills 60% of the population. |
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