Vocabulary

the code of conduct of medieval European knights, focusing on bravery, honor, and respect

the idea that each person should be free to develo and persue their own goals

a highly trained mounted warrior in the service of a noble during the European Middle Ages

political and social system of the Middle Ages in Europe, in which lords gave land to vassals

King of England (one of three kings who helped to fight the crusade)

a military leader who united Muslims to fight the Christians in Palestine during 12th century

Non- Christians

a king of the Franks who conquered much of Europe and spread Christianity in the conquered land

a series of military expedition from Christian Europe to Palestine between 11th&13th centuries

series of campaigns, ending in A.D 492, when Christian armies drove Muslim rules out of Spain

a peasant farmer in feudal society, who labored for a noble in exchange for protection

a peasant girl who led the French to victory in the Hundred Years War

the period of European history between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance lasting roughly

the estate of a feudal noble, usually including a fortified building or castle

a place where members of a religious order practice a life of prayer and worship

between 1337 and 1453, England and France fought each other

one who speaks beliefs different from the accepted church opinion

shot arrows that could penetrate a knight's armor

French Pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade

an estate land, especially on held on condition of feudal service

a court established by the Roman Catholic Church in AD 1542 to investigate people

plague that stuck western Eurasia in the mid - 1300's

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked on above the other

a powerful landholding noble

an association of people sharing a trade or craft, intended to control the quality and quantity