Medieval Europe

steep-sided valley that is an inlet of the sea

• fjord

• missionary

• excommunicate

person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others

• excommunicate

• missionary

• feudalism

to declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church

• fjord

• missionary

• excommunicate

political system based on the bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals

• feudalism

• vassal

• fief

in feudalism, a noble who held land from and served a higher-ranking lord, and in return was given protection

• vassal

• fief

• knight

under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty

• fief

• knight

• guild

in the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback

• knight

• serf

• clergy

peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble

• knight

• serf

• clergy

medieval business group formed by craftspeople and merchants

• guild

• serf

• clergy

group that decides whether there is enough evidence to accuse a person of a crime

• grand jury

• trial jury