1. Middle Ages Vocabulary

2. Town
-a community
smaller than a
city and larger
than a village.

3. Charter -a written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler
or government to a
community, class of
people or organization.

4. Guild
-an organization
of people who
work in the same
craft or trade.

5. Apprentice -a person who works for an expert or master in a
trade or craft in
return for training.

6. Commerce
-the buying
and selling of
goods.

7. Merchant
-somebody who
sells goods,
products or
services.

8. Bubonic Plague -a deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria
and spread by
fleas on rats.

9. Privy
-an outhouse
or outside
bathroom.

10. Stock or Stockade -a form of punishment...a wooden frame with
holes for the person's
legs and/or arms.

11. Magna Carta -a written agreement from 1215 that limited the
English king's power and
strengthen the rights of the
nobles...and eventually,
the rights of the common
people.

12. Habeas Corpus -the principle that accused persons cannot be held in
jail without the
consent of a court.

13. Crossbow -a medieval weapon made up of a bow that was
fixed across a wooden
stock and operated
by a trigger.
Good for only short
range.

14. Cannon -a weapon that fired heavy iron balls or other
projectiles through
a simple iron tube.

15. Longbow -a large bow used for firing feathered arrows. Good for
long range.

16. Truce
-an
agreed-upon
halt (stop) in
fighting

17. Nationalism -identification with, and devotion to, the interests of
one's nation.

18. Hundred Years’ War -a series of wars fought by France and England
between 1337 and
1453.

19. Specialization -to focus on a specific job or part
of a job. -to make a
specific type of
good/product.

20. Parliament -governing body that gave a voice to common people
as well as
nobles/lords.

21. Medieval Faire
A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise for trade.

22. Crusades
A series of military expeditions from Christian Europe to Palestine between the 11th and 13th centuries to reclaim the “Holy Land.”

23. Interdependence
A relationship between one or more groups when each gives and gets from the others
Groups of people who rely on each other and really need to work together.