Middle Ages vocab

5. judicial institution that led to widespread beath and suffering
8. medieval disease caused by infected insects, infamous for killing millions
10. relating to the Middle Ages
12. unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts
13. Germanic people
14. a unit of land, usually under Feudal lordship
16. a agricultural laborer bound under the Feudal system
19. the people that occupied Central Europe and Scandanavia during the Middle Ages
21. the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic ideas (like Atheism)
22. series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims
23. philosophical stance of emphasizing the rights and responsibilities of Humans

1. in idealistic state
2. dominant social system in Europe, used to describe the legal, economic, cultural, etc. medieval customs
3. period of Middle Age European cultural, artistic, political & economic rebirth. Began in 1300
4. series of armed conflicts fought between England and France
6. cultural group that inhabited much of modern day England in the middle ages
7. illegal action of lending money at unreasonably high rates
9. began its empire in the Middle Ages, largest continuous land empire ever
10. first document with the principle that the king and his government wasn't above the law
11. a person who gives financial or other support to a person
15. a holder of land by feudal tenure as an allegiance
17. the source of income granted to a vassal
18. code of conduct associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood
20. also known as Hungarians (ethnic group_