Medieval Europe Review

Referring to the middle ages; between 476-1450 A.D.

• Ancient Era

• Bronze Age

• Dark Age

• Medieval

Europe and Asia considered together as one continent 

• Eurasia

• Pangea

• Asia

• Europe

A system of trading loyalties for protection in the Middle Ages

• Hierarchy

• Trading system

• Feudal System

• Crusades

A lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty

• Fief

• Peasant

• Lord

• Vassal

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

• Farmland

• Fief

• Pastures

• Villages

A peasant who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times

• Serfs

• Peasant

• Butlers

• Vikings

Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia

• Mongols

• Kings

• Soldiers

• Vikings

A legal system based on custom and court rulings in England

• Ten Commandments

• Twelve Tables

• Hammurabi's Code

• Common Law

A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power

• Bill of Right

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Carta Magna

A long conflict between England and France over who was the rightful ruler of France

• Hundred Years' War

• Crusades

• Magna Carta

• War of the Roses