Code of Chivalry

Rules that Knights had to live by; serve lord on earth, heavenly father, chosen lady. Take care of weak and poor.

Germanictribes

Barbarians that attacked the roman empire.

Holy Roman Empire

A political and religious uniting of Europe that began in 800AD.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church

Less powerful noble who promises to fight for a lord in exchange for a piece of land from the lord's fief

Canonlaw

Laws under the authority of the church.

Missionary

Someone sent n a mission—especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country.

King Author

Legendary leader of Britain in the Middle Ages inspired epic poems and stories.

Fief

A piece of land held under the federal system

Clovis

King of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Franklin monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic 'Louis' (466-511).

Charlemagne

Charles the Great, became Holy Roman Emperor who worked to brig political order to northwestern fringes of the Roman Empire.

(medieval Europe) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.

Time with little change in culture and a lack of structure to civilization.

Tournaments

A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.

Tithes

Percentage of earnings, wealth, or belongings paid to the church, king, or landowner. Similar to axes.

Excommunication

he act of banishing a member of the Church from the communication of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society.

Monastery

A place for religious people to live and study.