Middle Ages Review

a new  idea, method, or invention

• innovation
• taxes
• investiture
• serf

(1167-1216) the king of England from 1199 until his death. He signed the Magna Carta in 1215, by which he agreed to accept limits on his power as king.

• Saladin
• Pope Urban II
• King John
• King James

Unable to read and write

• literate
• illiterate
• investiture 
• clergy

someone in the past who lived and worked on land that they did not own and who had to obey the owner of the land

• knight
• lord
• noble
• serf/peasant

a warrior trained to fight, while riding a horse

• knight
• lord
• noble
• barron

the power to seat (choose bishops)

• investiture
• innovation
• interdict
• illiterate

the leader of the Roman Catholic Church

• Pope
• King
• Lord
• Bishop

the large house and land that belonged to an important man, under the feudal system

• manor
• feud
• Catholic Church
• Magna Carta

someone from a different tribe or land, who people believe to be wild and not civilized

• knight
• serf
• pope
• barbarian

a payment to the government according to your income, property, goods, etc and that is used to pay for public services

• investiture
• excommunication
• taxes
• clergy