The Middle Ages
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Peasant
A. The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror defeated the Saxons under Harold II and thus
2. baron
B. A serious infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans
3. King
C. A country person
4. disease
D. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry
5. plague
E. Male ruler of a kingdom
6. Hastings
F. A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority
7. bishop
G. An illness that harms the body
8. knight
H. A nobleman of varying rank