Middle Ages Vocabulary

Economic System that is self-sufficient

• manorialism

• Feudalism

• Knights

• chivalry

another name for the Middle Ages

• vassal
• Medieval
• topography
• Eurasia

the system of promises that governed the relationship between lords and vassals in medieval Europe

• William the Conqueror
• serfs
• chivalry
• feudalism

A large estate owned by a knight or lord

• manor
• knights
• serfs
• Benedict

a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land in medieval Europe

• vassal
• lord
• Patrick
• William

A warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horseback

• serfs
• manor
• Benedict
• knights

A system of promises and loyalty between lords and vassals

• Feudalism
• Divine Right of Kings
• Guild
• Magna Carta

Land given to lords

• Fief
• Manor
• Peasants
• Vikings

Large estates where most lords lived

• Fief

• Manor

• Viking

• Peasant

Peasants who were NOT free

• Peasants
• Serfs
• Knights
• Lords