Late Middle Ages Flashcards
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First level of knight training
Squire
Second level of knight training
Chivalry
The code of conduct for knights
Jousting
Sport for knights
Longbow
Took away a knights advantage
Hundred Years’ War
Conflict to see who would rule France
Agincourt
English victory over French
Joan of Arc
Rallied French People in 100 Years’ war
Dauphin
Son of the French king
Markets
Place to buy and sell goods
Towns
Built up around markets
Charters
Document allowing a town to exist
Guilds
Organization of craftspeople
Apprentice
First level of trades training
Journeyman
Second level of trades training
Master
Final stage of trades training
Pilgrimages
Journeys to holy places
Martyrs
Someone who died for his/her faith
Gothic architecture
New style of church building
Flying buttresses
Allowed higher walls and bigger windows in church
John Wycliffe
Religious reformer in England
Bubonic Plague
Black Death
Flagellants
Believed plague was God’s punishment
Jacques Bonhomme
Nickname for French peasant