Middle Ages Vocabulary # 1-15

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Middle Ages

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Period between ancient times and modern times roughly 500-1500 CE

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medieval

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From Latin, for 'middle age', relating to Middle Ages

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feudalism

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A strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

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monarch

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A person who reigns over a kingdom or empire such as a king or queen

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noble

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A person of the upper class such as a lord or lady

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knight

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Warrior mounted on horseback

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vassal

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In medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other nobleman in return for his service

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serf

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A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

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fief

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Estate granted by a lord to a vassal

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manor

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Self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord