The Middle Ages (A2 - B1)

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  Medieval castle in Spain Image: Alcázar of Segovia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  The Middle Ages are a period of European history that began with the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D. and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century. During the medieval period , Christianity and Islam became popular religions. It was also a time during which castles and cathedrals were built throughout Europe. During the Middle Ages migration, wars and plagues killed millions of people. Feudalism emerged in which peasants worked on the land that noblemen owned. Scholars often called this era the Dark Ages because they believed there was little progress during this thousand-year period.

  
  
  

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  • A.D. = after the birth of Christ
  • cathedral = the main church in a certain area, often led by a bishop
  • emerge = come up, start
  • fall = when something ends
  • feudalism = system during the Middle Ages in which people received land and protection from a lord when they worked or fought for him
  • little = not very much
  • medieval = everything about the Middle Ages
  • migration = when people move away from their homes and start living somewhere else
  • peasant = very poor person 
  • period = time in history
  • plague = disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
  • popular = liked by many people
  • Renaissance = time at the end of the Middle Ages when literature, art and new ideas started to become important
  • scholar = intelligent and well-educated people
  • throughout = in all of
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  • Select activity Religion and Cathedrals

    

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  • Select activity Medieval Castles

    

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  • Select activity Life in the Middle Ages

    

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  • Select activity 5 Things You Should Know About the Middle Ages

    

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  • Select activity Castles

    

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  • Select activity What Were the Crusades

    

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  • Select activity The Vikings

    

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  • Select activity Charlemagne

    

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  • Select activity Medieval Tournaments - Missing Word Cloze

    

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  • Select activity Castles - Complete the Sentences

    

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  • Select activity Who's Who in the Middle Ages ?

    

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