Medival Europe Vocabulary
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Cmu117 on November 16, 2011
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Kent Middle School 7th Grade, History Studiying
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 feudalism | a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service |
| knight | originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry |
| serf | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord |
| Charlemagne | king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor |
| manor | the mansion of the lord of the manor |
| hierarchy | a system of organizing people into ranks, with those of higher rank having more power and privileges |
| monastery | A place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world |
| excomunicate | to declare that a person of group no longer belongs to a church. |
| Henry IV | Holy Roman Emperor, opposed the pope on the issue of lay investiture, he is excommunicated and ends up begging the pope for forgiveness |
| mendicants | a religious person who relies on begging and charity to survive |
| guild | an organization of people in the same craft or trade |
| journeyman | a person who finds work day to day instead of owning a business |
| heretic | a person who goes against the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church (example:Jewish people) |
| lord | a ruler or powerful landowner |
| peasant | in feudalism, a person who worked the land |
| Clovis | king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy |
| Roman Catholic Church | the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome |
| chivalry | the medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women |
| clergy | the body of people, such as priests who perfonm the sacred functions of a church |
| Pope Gregory VII | in A.D. 1075 he outlawed lay investiture (church officials being chosen by kings) |
| sacrament | a solemn rite of Christian churches |
| charter | a written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community, class of people, or organization |
| apprentice | a person who works for an expert in a trade of craft in return for training |
| bubonic plague | Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people |
| Hundred Year's War | a series of wars fought by France and England between 1337 and 1453 |
| King John | the youngest son of Henry II |
| Joan of Arc | French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king |
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