Vocabulary
A fancy term for the Middle Ages
What is the Medieval era?
The wicked English king who was forced to sign the Magna Carta
Who was King John?
This nation fought for over 100 years in an attempt to conquer France
What is England?
Fleas transmitted it from rats to humans
What is the Black Death?
A peasant who was not allowed to leave the land that he worked on
What was a serf?
The French peasant girl who led her people to victory over the English
Who was Saint Joan of Arc?
Founded by the people originally known as the Franks, this nation emerged out of a long-running conflict with England
What is France?
This weapon made armored knights obsolete
What is the longbow?
A person to whom loyalty and duties were owed
What was a lord?
The King of the Franks who tried to rebuild the Roman Empire
Who was Charlemagne?
Originally vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde, this nation broke free under the leadership of Ivan the Great
What is Russia?
These organizations were created by middle-class artisans in growing Medieval cities
What were guilds?
A person who owed loyalty and duties to another
What is a vassal?
The English king who crusaded against Saladin in the Holy Land
Who was Richard the Lionheart?
This surprisingly "modern" Eastern European realm was created when two rulers married each other
What was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
An unintended consequence of these "holy wars" was the revival of trade around the Mediterranean Sea
What were the Crusades?
The plot of land that a lord allowed his vassal to use
What is a fief?
The Russian ruler who held off the Golden Horde and became the first Tsar
Who was Ivan the Great?
This empire, built mostly through marriages, lasted until the end of World War I in 1918
What was the Habsburg Empire?
The only person to be both condemned as a heretic and canonized as a saint
Who was Saint Joan of Arc?