Western - Europe Vocabulary

Western - Europe Vocabulary

By Rachel Mountcastle

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Monarchy: A strong central _______ ruled by a king or queen.

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Noble: A person of noble _______ or ______

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Lord: Landowner who oversaw the people that worked their ________

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An armed mounted soldier, of the feudal period, who gives military

service to a lord

• Peasant

• Knight

• Serf

• Clergy

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Qualities such as honor, courtesy, loyalty. and fair treatment of the

weak, idealized by knights in the middle ages

• Monastery

• Vassal

• Fief

• Chivalry

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Farmed the land and made most of the articles of life

• Peasants

• Monks

• Lord

• Farmer

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What is an example of a serf: Farmed the land and made most of the articles of life

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What is an example of a Vassal: A person who receives land and protection from a Lord in return for

Loyalty to that Lord (subordinate)

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What is an example of Oath of Fealty: A feudal who swears loyalty to the lord in return for land

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Fief: A large feudal _______ particularly in medieval Europe (given to a

knight for his service

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Feudalism: A political and economic _______ in which large landholders or lords

gave protection to people, in return gave service for their landholder

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Homage: An expression of public honor or respect; in _________, the ceremonial

recognition of allegiance to a Lord shown by a vassal

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The castle and estate of the feudal lord

• Manor

• Plantation

• Kingdom

• Monarchy

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A place in which a community of religious people, particularly monks

live

• Nun

• Monastery

• Church

• Kingdom

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The group of people who have been ordained for religious service

• Peasants

• Catholics

• Nuns

• Clergy

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Manor System: An _________, political, and social system based upon the working relationship between between the landlords and peasants

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