Key Terms

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Middle Ages

barbarian

kenning

ordeal

fealty [FEE ul tee]

common law

niello [nee EL ow]

cloisonné [klahw zu NAY]

illuminated manuscript

cruciform

carpet page

paten

chalice

Carolingian Renaissance [KAHR ah lin jee an]

Holy Roman Empire

rus [roos]

illuminated manuscript

minuscule [MIN is kyool]

feudalism

fief [feef]

lord/vassal

chivalry

chain mail

chanson de geste [shan SOWN du ZHEST]

jongleur [zahn GLUR]

curia regis [coor ee ah REE gis]

crenellation

moat [mowt]

keep

manorialism

serf

primogeniture

romance

joust [joust]

courtly love

troubadour [TROO bah door]

trouvère [troo VER]

Cult of the Virgin

bourgeois [BOR zhwah]

fabliau [fab lee OW]

dit [DEE]