Diet
assembly or legislature
King Andrew II of Hungary
king whose power was severely limited by the Golden Bull of 1222
Mongols
invaded Hungary around 1241 and killed half of its people
Eastern Europe
territory between Central Europe and Russia
Ottoman Turks
invaded Hungary in 1526 making it part of their empire
Poland-Lithuania
Large non-unified state joined by two crowns. Comprised of Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Bohemia.
Magyars
Muslims who attacked Europe and converted to Christianity and established Hungary
Germanic tribes
Nomadic groups that invaded the Roman Empire but also make their way into Eastern Europe
missionary
A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
Serbs
An ethnic group that rose to prominence in the 1300s on the Balkan peninsula
Jews
make their way eastward after steady persecution in Western Europe
Vikings
Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia
Golden Bull of 1222
charter that strictly limited royal power in Hungary
Wladyslaw Jagiello
Duke of Lithuania
West Slavs
people who became Poles, Czechs, Slovaks
fragmentation
the process or state of breaking or being broken into small or separate parts.
veto
block a law
Jadwiga of Poland
Queen of Poland
Central Europe
Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (former), Switzerland, Germany
Balkan Peninsula
A large peninsula in southern Europe bounded by the Black, Aegean, and Adriatic seas.
South Slavs
people who became the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
Roman Catholicism
West Slavs
emissary
one sent on a special mission to represent others
East Slavs
people who became the Russians, Belorussians, and Ukrainians
Orthodox Christianity
East and South Slavs