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