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Medieval Europe Focus Vocabulary 7 th Grade World History

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Medieval Europe Focus Vocabulary . 7 th Grade World History. Middle Ages. A thousand-year period that followed the fall of Rome. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). A Frankish king, crowned by Pope Leo III, who built a great empire in western Europe. Feudalism. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Medieval EuropeFocus Vocabulary

7th Grade World History

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Middle Ages

A thousand-year period that followed the fall of Rome

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Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

A Frankish king, crowned by Pope Leo III, who built a great empire in western Europe

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Feudalism

A system of local rule based on agreements between lords and vassals.

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Monarchy

The ruling class, such as the king or queen

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Fief

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

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Manor

A main part of a noble’s land

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Serf

Unfree peasant who is “tied to the land”

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Knight

A vassal in Medieval Europe who gave his loyalty to his lord in return for land.

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Chivalry

The knights’ code of honor

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Common Law

A law that is developed through the court system and is based on a previous case

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Magna Carta

A document that King John was forced to sign in 1215 that limited the power of the monarchy

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Model Parliament of 1295

The English Parliament under King Edward I.

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Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

Infectious disease that struck Eurasia in the mid-1300s killing 1/3 of Europe’s population.

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Hundred Years’ War

A series of wars fought between England and France from 1337 to 1453.