Unit 4 Vocabulary

Of or relating to the period of European history that lasted from about 500-1500.

• feudalism

• medieval

• chivalry

• fief

The economic and political system in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for protection.

• medeival

• feudalism

• chivalry

• vassal

Leader of the Franks who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe.

• apprentice

• guild

• knight

• Charlemagne

A man, usually of noble birth, who served as a mounted soldier in the king's army.

• Charlemagne

• knight

• lord

• serf

A person who gives pieces of land and in return gets labor and loyalty.

• serf

• apprentice

• lord

• feudalism

A person who gets land and protection and promises to give labor and loyalty.

• vassal

• guild

• medieval

• fief

A peasant who could not leave the lord's land on which he or she was born and worked.

• knight

• Christianity

• serf

• Charlemagne

The large, self-sufficient estate owned by a noble.

• guild

• apprentice

• vassal

• manor

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.

• apprentice

• fief

• chivalry

• knight

A knight's code of ideal behavior which included bravery, loyalty, and respect.

• manor

• chivalry

• fief

• medieval