The Middle Ages 2022 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| convents | a community of nuns |
| Crusades | major military expeditions by Christians to win back the control of Palestine (Holy Land) |
| fuedalism | a social, political, and economic system used in the Middle Ages; exchanging land for loyalty |
| fief | piece of land granted by a lord |
| knight | a feudal warrior trained and prepared to fight on horseback |
| lord | a man of high rank in a feudal society |
| Magna Carta | an English charter that limited the king's power (1215) |
| manor system | in the Middle Ages, a way to manage feudal lands |
| merchants | a person who buys and sells goods |
| Middle Ages | the period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, dated AD 476-1453 |
| monestary | a community where monks live, study and pray |
| monk | a man who devotes his life to religion and lives in a monestary |
| nation state | an area of land shared by people who have a common culture and history |
| nuns | a woman who devotes her life to religion and lives in a convent |
| peasant | a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land |
| plague | an epidemic of an often fatal disease |
| vassal | a person who held land from a feudal lord and received protection in return for homage and allegiancef |
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