Middle Ages Vocab

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Define Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages are the years between ancient and modern times; about 500 - 1500 AD

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Define medieval

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Of or from the Middle Ages

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Define feudalism

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The system of power in the Europe during the Middle Ages

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Define vassal

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A man who promised to be loyal to a landowner, who in return gave him a share of the land, called a fief.

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"Chivalry" is a code of conduct followed by which group of people in the Middle Ages?

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Knights

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What is a "serf" in the medieval context?

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A peasant bound to the land

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What is a "manor" in the context of the Middle Ages?

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A large estate owned by a lord

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Which term is used to describe a series of religious wars in which European Christians sought to capture the Holy Land from Muslims?

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Crusade

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land the king lets lords live on

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fief

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saying something negative about the church

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heresy