Decline of Feudalism Key Terms

deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas

• bubonic plague

• commoner

• crossbow

• decline of feudalism

an agreed-upon halt in fighting

• bubonic plague

• truce

• habeas corpus

• decline of feudalism

a person who is not of noble rank

• Magna Carta

• heretic

• commoner

• habeas corpus

written agreement from 1215 that limited the English king's power and strengthened the rights of nobles

• Hundred Years' War

• bubonic plague

• habeas corpus

• Magna Carta

medieval weapon made up of a bow that was fixed across a wooden stock and operated by a trigger

• truce

• habeas corpus

• longbow

• crossbow

large bow used for firing feathered arrows

• Magna Carta

• crossbow

• longbow

• commoner

the weakening of the economic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages

• bubonic plague

• decline of feudalism

• habeas corpus

• truce

series of wars fought by France and England between 1337 and 1453

• Hundred Years' War

• longbow

• Magna Carta

• truce

the principal that accused persons cannot be held in jail without the consent of court

• bubonic plague

• decline of feudalism

• habeas corpus

• truce

a person who holds beliefs that are contrary to the teachings of a church or other group

• Magna Carta

• heretic

• commoner

• habeas corpus