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- 5. similar to peasants and are legally bound to the land. had to provide labor, services, and rent.
- 12. in the early 1330s an out break of deadly __________ _________ occurred in China.
- 14. people born into wealthy, powerful families;provided knights with land in return for their military service
- 15. a young man of noble birth who served as a knight
- 16. area in which Jesus lived
- 18. another title for middle ages suggesting the lack of learning and culture
- 19. fall of Rome
- 20. paid for equipment; ran the manor that serfs/peasants worked on
- 21. a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times
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- 1. A code of honor and behavior
- 2. one of a class of medieval lyric poets, who flourished principally in the southern France the 11th and 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems.
- 3. a series of deadly plagues that hit between 1347-1351
- 4. church leaders and staff
- 6. a sport or contest in which mounted combatants fought for a prize
- 7. agricultural estate run by a lord and worked on by peasants. self-sufficient communities.
- 8. a grant of land giving to the vassal by the lord
- 9. armed cavalry. had social prestige. follows chivalry code. heavy armor. jousting for entertainment.
- 10. where monks lived to separate form ordinary people.
- 11. religious war
- 13. a man who served a lord in the military capacity.
- 17. any covering worn as a defense against weapons