Middle Ages Vocabulary

Middle Ages

• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• Period between 500 and 1500 AD; transition period between the classical period and the modern world.
• an independent geo-political unit of people having a common culture and identity.
• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Dark Ages

• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• Period between 500 and 1500 AD; transition period between the classical period and the modern world.
• an independent geo-political unit of people having a common culture and identity.
• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Feudalism

• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• Period between 500 and 1500 AD; transition period between the classical period and the modern world.
• an independent geo-political unit of people having a common culture and identity.
• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Nation-state

• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• Period between 500 and 1500 AD; transition period between the classical period and the modern world.
• an independent geo-political unit of people having a common culture and identity.
• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Charlemagne

• Known as “The Great;” crowned emperor by Pope Leo III.
• English document that made the law the supreme power and limited the monarchy’s power.
• Nomadic people from Central Asia who invaded Western Europe; superb horsemen.
• Germanic people from Scandinavia who invaded Western Europe.

Vikings

• Known as “The Great;” crowned emperor by Pope Leo III.
• English document that made the law the supreme power and limited the monarchy’s power.
• Nomadic people from Central Asia who invaded Western Europe; superb horsemen.
• Germanic people from Scandinavia who invaded Western Europe.

Magna Carta

• Known as “The Great;” crowned emperor by Pope Leo III.
• English document that made the law the supreme power and limited the monarchy’s power.
• Nomadic people from Central Asia who invaded Western Europe; superb horsemen.
• Germanic people from Scandinavia who invaded Western Europe.

Magyars

• Known as “The Great;” crowned emperor by Pope Leo III.
• English document that made the law the supreme power and limited the monarchy’s power.
• Nomadic people from Central Asia who invaded Western Europe; superb horsemen.
• Germanic people from Scandinavia who invaded Western Europe.

Bubonic Plague

• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• A series of wars fought between the Muslims and Christians over the Holy Land (Jerusalem).
• Disease spread by fleas from infected rats; also called The Black Death

Crusades

• Period of cultural and social decline that took place in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
• A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for military and other services.
• A series of wars fought between the Muslims and Christians over the Holy Land (Jerusalem).
• Disease spread by fleas from infected rats; also called The Black Death