Medieval Europe Vocab

Papacy

• office or jurisdiction (territory over which authority is exercised) of the pope

• A Church court that was set up to question and deal with people accused of heresy; punishments could be prison, loss of property, or execution

• the Christian “reconquest” to take back the Iberian Peninsula

• a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

cultural diffusion

• the spread of elements or features of one culture to another

• agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country

• a group of merchants or craftsmen during medieval times; a group of merchants or craftspeople

• a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs and or steep slopes

Reconquista

• the Christian “reconquest” to take back the Iberian Peninsula

• a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty; a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord

• a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

• code of conduct followed by knights

Inquisition

• A Church court that was set up to question and deal with people accused of heresy; punishments could be prison, loss of property, or execution

• formal written orders that may be issued by a judge ordering a prisoner to be brought before court, usually done to determine whether or not the prisoner is being lawfully imprisoned

• a group of citizens that meets to determine whether people should be accused of a crime

• the study of religious faith, practice, and experience

fjord

• a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs and or steep slopes

• a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty; a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord

• a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

• member of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms

concordat

• agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country

• hostility toward or discrimination against Jews

• a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

• to keep alive or in existence

Manorialism

• the manorial organization, it’s principals and practices in the European Middle Ages

• farming community that a noble ran and peasants worked; usually consisted of the noble’s castle, the surrounding fields, and a peasant village.

• a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

• a way of thinking that combined faith and reason

manor

• the manorial organization, it’s principals and practices in the European Middle Ages

• farming community that a noble ran and peasants worked; usually consisted of the noble’s castle, the surrounding fields, and a peasant village.

• a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner

• member of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms

vassal

• a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty; a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord

• a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior

• a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner

• the study of religious faith, practice, and experience

fief

• a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

• farming community that a noble ran and peasants worked; usually consisted of the noble’s castle, the surrounding fields, and a peasant village.

• a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs and or steep slopes

• a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people