Chapter 5 key terms Flashcards
The weakening of the economic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages
decline of feudalism
a written assignment from 1215 that limited the English King’s power and strengthened the nights of nobles
Magna Carta
a deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas, also called the Black Death
bubonic plauge
a series of wars fought by France and England between 1337 and 1453.
Hundred Years’ War
the principle that accused persons cannot be held in jail without the consent of a court
habes corpus
a person who is not of noble rank
commoner
a medieval weapon made of a bow that was fixed across a wooden stock (which had a groove to direct the arrow’s flight) and operated by a trigger
crossbow
a large bow used for firing feathered arrows
longbows
an agreed upon halt in fighting
truce
a person who holds belief that are contrary to the teachings of a church or other group.
heretic
