People
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Religion
Events
Words & Terms
100
They received few benefits for their long hours of work
Who are serfs?
100
place were a serf lived and worked
What is a manor?
100
the principal religion of medieval times
What is Catholicism?
100
a time of fear and confusion
What is the Dark Ages?
100
protected a knight in battle
What is armor?
200
people who met to chose the Pope
Who are Cardinals?
200
where castles were often built
What is a cliff or hilltop?
200
supervised the work of priests in their district
Who is a bishop?
200
it was also called the Medieval Period
What is the Middle Ages?
200
played instruments and sang songs
What is a minstrel?
300
they held onto the Holy Land despite the Crusades
Who are the Muslim Turks?
300
city where the Pope lived
Where is Rome?
300
copied Greek and Roman manuscripts
Who is a monk?
300
military expeditions organized by the Pope
What are the Crusades?
300
relationship between lords, vassals, and serfs
What is feudalism or the feudal system?
400
entertained the lord with jokes and pranks
Who are jesters?
400
where an abbot could be found
What is a monastery?
400
a court to investigate heretics
What is an Inquisition?
400
it was caused by heresy
What is excommunication?
400
it could be raised or lowered
What is a drawbridge?
500
powerful rulers of nation-states at the end of the Middle Ages
Who are kings?
500
the Pope hoped the Crusaders would capture it
What is the Holy Land or Jerusalem?
500
period during medieval times when religion was of special importance
What is the Middle Ages or "Age of Faith?"
500
event that involved lances and horses
What is a joust?
500
land given to a vassal by a lord
What is a fief?
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