social studies lesson 2
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- Middle Ages
- the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
- Knight
- originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry
- Lord
- a person who has general authority over others
- William the Conqueror
- 1035-1087 (Mid 11th Century) - Viking Ruler
- King John I
- King of England from AD 1199 to 1216; in 1215, he signed the Magna Carta, giving more right to British nobles.
- Magna Carta
- This document, signed by King John of Endland in 1215, is the cornerstone of English justice and law. It declared that the king and government were bound by the same laws as other citizens of England. It contained the antecedents of the ideas of due process and the right to a fair and speedy trial that are included in the protection offered by the U.S. Bill of Rights
- Guild
- A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people.
- Vassal
- a person holding a fief
- Feudalism
- the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C
- Aachen
- Capital of Charlemagne's empire, c. 800; a city in present-day Germany
- England
- a division of the United Kingdom
- Charlemagne
- king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
- Serf
- (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- Manor
- the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
- Normandy
- a region in N France along the English Channel; invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century
- Feif
- the piece of land given from a wealthy landowner to a vassal