Middle Ages Vocabulary

A sickness caused by bites from fleas on rats. It also had other names such as the Black Death.

• Feudalism
• Fief
• Bubonic Plague
• Serf

The system of trading protection for loyalty

• Serf
• Vassal
• Fief
• Feudalism

A piece of land given by a king to a lord. Part of Feudalism.

• Serf
• Fief
• Manor
• Vassal

Poor peasant farmers who worked the noble’s land. Were tied to the land of the noble.

• Vassal
• Knight
• Clergy
• Serf

Noble who agreed to perform service for the king in time  of war in exchange for use of the land.

• Vassal
• Serf
• Knight
• Clergy

A medieval gentleman-soldier raised to privileged military status

• Vassal
• Knight
• Serf
• Clergy

A large block of land made up of forests, meadows, a church, a village, and of a castle belonging to the noble who owned it all 

• Fief
• Serf
• Vassal
• Manor

Christian church started in Rome in which the Pope is in charge. (Roman Catholic Church)

• Pope
• Roman Catholicism
• Clergy
• Islam

The leader of the Christian church based in Rome and the highest position in the Catholic church.

• Pope
• Clergy
• Roman Catholicism
• Crusades

The religious people of the Middle Ages. The Pope was at the top followed by  Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Monks and Nuns.

• Pope
• Clergy
• Roman Catholicism
• Crusader