Europe Vocab: Middle Ages

A system of economic, social, and political organization based on the medieval manor which included buildings, churches, food, and an army.

• manorialism

• feudalism

• monastery

• magna carta

Empire founded by Charlemagne which lasted from the mid-800s to the early 1800's

• Holy Roman Empire

• Battle of Hastings

• Pope

• Papacy

One of the contenders for the English throne in 1066, became the first Norman king of England.

• William the Conqueror

• Chivalry

• Pope

• Monarch

Highest office in the Roman Catholic Church

• Monarch

• Pope

• Papacy

• King

King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor, he united much of Western Europe.

• Genghis Khan

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Confucius

A document that King John was forced to sign, Which protected the rights of the people, limited the power of the monarch, established the rule of law, and the right to trial by jury.

• Holy Roman Empire

• Justinian's Code

• Magna Carta

• Battle of Hastings

the office or authority of the Pope

• papacy

• monarch

• king

• lord

Large house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.

• manor

• castle

• apartment

• mansion

the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service.

• Feudalism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Buddhism

Medieval principles governing the conduct of a knight

• Karate

• Bushido

• Chivalry

• Laws