Middle Ages Vocabulary

4. A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
5. Law The body of laws governing the religious practices of a Christian church
7. the Conqueror Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and claimed the English crown
11. 800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. His palace was at Aachen in central Europe
12. System A basic economic arrangement where lords provided housing and protection to serfs and serfs worked the land
14. Ages The gradual decline of the Roman Empire ushered in an era of European history

1. system A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe.
2. Carta Guaranteed rights including no taxation without representation, a jury trial, and the protection of the law
3. System A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services
5. A complex set of ideals where a knight fought for three masters: earthly feudal lord, heavenly lord, and his chosen lady
6. Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s
8. Religious communities where Christian men called monks gave up all their private possessions
9. A Germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul.
10. Descendant's The "descendants of Clovis" during the Middle Ages were the rulers of the Merovingian dynasty, who reigned over the Frankish kingdom from roughly 500 CE to 751 CE. Clovis I was the founder of the dynasty, and his royal line controlled the kingdom for nearly three centuries after his death.
13. A king of England who wanted to hold onto his lands in France by raising taxes so he summoned a parliament (legislative group)