Feudalism
Who was the most powerful person during the Middle Ages
The King
Signed the Magna Carta
King John
The religion of the Roman Catholic Church
Christian
What were the crusades?
A series of religious/holy wars
What years did the Black Death spread through Europe?
1347-1350
The group that provided the food and other goods.
Serfs and peasants
The reason John was forced to sign the Magna Carta
He was raising taxes without consulting the nobles.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church
The Pope
Who fought in the Crusades?
Christians vs Muslims
What fraction of the people in Europe were killed during the Black Death?
About 1/3
The people whose job was to protect.
Knights
Another word for Magna Carta
Great Charter
Monks and nuns were
People who devoted their lives to the church
What were they fighting over?
Holy Land - Jerusalem - Palestine
How was the Black Death spread to humans?
Rats to fleas
The name of the land, given to a lord, that included a castle, church, serfs, farmland, etc.
Manor
The Magna carta was a document that did what?
Limited the power of the king
The power to remove someone from the church
Excommunicate
How long did the Crusades last?
About 200 years
What group of people spread the plague from Asia to Europe?
Traders and merchants
Define fedualism
Exchanging land for loyalty
This document took many ideas from the Magna Carta
The US Constitution
The name of the huge churches built in the late middle ages
Cathedrals
Who eventually won control of the Holy Land?
Muslims
After so many people died, what happened to the serfs that were left?
They were able to demand pay for their work. This ended the Feudal System.