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41 Cards in this Set
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VASSAL |
a noble who has given land by the lord in return for military help or other service |
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TROUBADOURS |
wandering minstrels who wrote poems that expressed love, warfare and battle heroes |
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TOURNAMENT |
a contest or joust between two knights or two groups of kinights |
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PRIEST |
a clergyman of the Christian church |
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POPE |
the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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PEASANTS |
poor people who worked on manors also known as SERFS |
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NOBILITY |
a class of rich people (nobles/lords) |
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MONK |
a man who gave up all of his property and dedicated his life to serving God |
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MONASTERY |
a building where monks lived |
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MOAT |
a deep, wide, water-filled ditch that surrounded a castle for protection |
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MINSTRELS |
singers and musicians who entertained the lords |
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MEDIEVAL PERIOD "MIDDLE AGES" |
began with the fall of the Roman Empire, ended with Modern Period in 1400's feudalism / Catholic Church |
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MANOR |
a large piece of land owned by a lord |
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LORD |
a well-to-do noble who owned an estate |
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KNIGHT |
a man of honor who held a high military rank |
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KING |
a person who rules a country |
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JOUST |
a contest between knights on horseback try to knock the other person off their horse |
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JESTERS |
clowns who appeared before a lord and tried to make him laugh |
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INQUISITION |
a court set up by the Roman Catholic Church to investigate heresy and punish heretics |
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HERESY |
a serious crime of the Middle Ages in which a person held beliefs that the Church felt were wrong |
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FRIAR |
holy man who traveled from place to place helping the poor and teaching about God |
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FIEF |
land given by a lord to a vassal in return for military and other services |
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FEUDALISM (FEUDAL SYSTEM) |
arrangement between lord, vassal and serf for ownership of land, military service and protection during the Middle Ages |
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EXCOMMUNICATION |
the act of removing a person from membership in Church because of wrongful acts or beliefs |
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ESTATE |
a large piece of land owned by a lord during the Middle Ages, same as a manor |
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DARK AGES |
a period of several hundred years during the early Middle Ages when fear and confusion spread across Europe |
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CRUSADES |
expeditions sent by the pope to capture the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks there were 3 Crusades |
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CLERGYMAN |
an official of the Church, such as a priest, bishop, or cardinal |
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CHIVALRY |
qualities of a good knight including bravery, politeness, etc. |
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CATHOLIC CHURCH |
people of the Middle Ages believed it represented God'd rules and teachings |
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CASTLE |
where the lord and his knights lived usually built on a hilltop |
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CARDINAL |
a high official of the Catholic Church who was appointed by the pope |
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BISHOP |
a church offical who oversaw the work of priests within their district |
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ARMOR |
a covering of iron worn by knights for protection in battle |
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MAIN GOAL OF THE CRUSADES |
recapture the Holy Land from Muslim Turks |
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WHAT IS CHIVALRY |
qualities of a good knight |
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FEUDALISM PYRAMID |
KING NOBLES PEASANTS |
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BLACK PLAGUE BEGINNING |
MRACH 1361 Messina, Sicily |
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BLACK PLAGUE RESULTS |
black spots on skin came from rat fleas |
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BLACK PLAGUE DEATHS |
it killed 1 of 3 people 25 MILLION PEOPLE |
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WHY FEUDALISM ENDED |
The Crusades made it easier to trade The Black Death Peasants demanded changes and moved away for some FREEDOM Nobles got weaker |
