25-26 Topic 7 - Medieval Christian Europe (330–1450)

sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church

• sacraments
• Crusades
• anti-Semitism
• middle class

a series of wars in which Christians battled Muslims for control of lands in the Middle East

• Crusades
• anti-Semitism
• middle class
• Charlemagne

prejudice against Jews

• anti-Semitism
• middle class
• Charlemagne
• chivalry

a group of people, including merchants, traders, and artisans, whose rank was between nobles and peasants

• middle class
• Charlemagne
• chivalry
• medieval

king of the Franks, the Lombards, and emperor of the Romans. He made efforts to spread Christianity and supported cultural renewal through a revival of learning across Western Europe.

• Charlemagne
• chivalry
• medieval
• vassal

code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

• chivalry
• medieval
• vassal
• excommunication

referring to the Middle Ages in Europe or the period of history between ancient and modern times

• medieval
• vassal
• excommunication
• feudalism

in medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

• vassal
• excommunication
• feudalism
• Constantinople

exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law

• excommunication
• feudalism
• Constantinople
• guilds

loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord

• feudalism
• Constantinople
• guilds
• Magna Carta