| Knight | A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lorad as a solider |
| Middle Ages | The years between ancient and the modern |
| Medieval | Referring to the middle ages |
| Feudalism | A system in which land was owned by lords or kings but held vassals in return for their loyalty |
| Manor | A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord |
| Serf | A farm worker considered part of the manor on which he or she worked |
| Clergy | Persons with authority to preform religious services |
| Excommuntication | Expelling someone from Church |
| Guild | A medival organization of crafts workers or tradespeople |
| Apprentice | An unpaid person traingin in crafts or trade |
| Chivalry | The code of honorable conducts for knight |
| Troubadour | A traveling poet and muscians of the Middle Ages |
| Holy land | Jersalem and parts of the surrounding area where jesus lived and taught |
| Crusaders | A series of military expeditions launched by Christianity European to win the Holy Land back from Muslim control |
| Jerusalem | A city in Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christianity, Muslim, and Jews |
| Pilgrams | A persons who journeys to a sacred place |
| Nation | A community of people that shares teritory and a government |
| Magna Carta | The "Greates Charter," in which the king's power over his nobles was limited, agreed to by King John of English in 1215 |
| Model Parliment | A councilof lords, clergy, and commons people that advised the English king on government matters |
| Hundered Years' War | A series of conflict between England and France, 1337-1453 |