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Medieval Ages - VOCABULARY
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History
7th Grade
03/31/2009

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Term

 

 

Chivalry

Definition

 

 

The noble qualities of knights

Term

 

 

Excommunicate

Definition

 

 

To prevent someone from participating

in church life.

"kicked out of the Church"

Term

 

 

Heretic

Definition

 

 

A person who speaks out against the church

and did not follow the teachings of the church.

Term

 

 

 

Portcullis

Port = door in French

Definition

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The main entrance to the castle 

Term

 

 

 

Troubadour

Definition

 

 

A traveling performer who sang "story songs"

about the deeds of knights

Term

 

 

 

Clergy

Definition

 

People who serve the church[image]

Term

 

 

 

Feudalism

Definition

 

 

A system of power in Europe, social hierarchy

Term

 

 

 

Holy Land

Definition

 

 

The goal of the Crusades

was to recapture the Holy Land

Term

 

 

 

Medieval

Definition

 

 

 

Another word for the "Middle Ages"

Term

 

 

 

Self-sufficient

Definition

 

 

Able to supply one's own needs

 

Manors were independent or self sufficient -

they did not rely on "outsiders" for food, clothing, protection

 

Term

 

 

Vassal

Definition

 

 

A person who swears loyalty to a lord

and receives land as payment

Term

 

 

 

Serf

Definition

 

A person considered to be part of the land  "slaves" with no power to make decisions

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Term

 

 

Crenellations

Definition

 

 

notched edges on the top of the castle walls

[image]

Term

 

 

Fief

Definition

 

land given to a peasant by his Lord

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Term

 

 

"Deus Vult"

Definition

 

 

"God's Will" Pope Urban II used this Latin term in his speech which started the crusades

 

Term

 

 

Guild

Definition
A group of people in a town who have a specific trade.[image]
Term

 

 

Apprentice

Definition

 

 

An unpaid worker who is being trained in a craft

(the first stage of a guild)

Term

 

 

Crusades

Definition

 

 

Military expeditions to win control

of the Holy Land from the Turks.

Term

 

 

Magna Carta

Definition

 

 

King John was forced to sign this agreement by his nobles to limit his power

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Domesday Book

Definition

 

 

 

A "census" conducted by William Duke of Normandy

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