Middle Ages

This is the Latin term for the Middle Ages

• knight
• vassal
• fief
• medieval

The large estate owned by a knight or lord.  It was completely self-sufficient and required no outside hep.

• manor
• serf
• peasant
• feudalism

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 - 1351

• feudalism
• manor
• vassal
• Black Death

A time period after the fall of Rome lasting form about 500 - 1000 where many small kingdoms were created.

• The Middle Ages
• Black Death
• Feudalism
• Chivalry

The system of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassals

• Black Death
• Medieval
• Feudalism
• manor

Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived.

• serfs
• peasant
• vassal
• chivalry

A code of honorable behavior or knights

• feudalism
• chivalry
• self-sufficient
• knights

Able to take care of oneself without outside help

• self-sufficient
• chivalry
• knights
• peasants

One who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

• serfs
• peasant
• manor
• vassal

The lowers level of feudal society.  Worked and farmed the land.

• knights
• vassal
• peasants
• feudalism