Medieval Europe/Feudal Japan Vocabulary

a warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty

• Shogun

• Knight

• Samurai

• Reconquista

the system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord; political order

• Monarchy

• Theology

• Chivalry

• Feudalism

a group of merchants or craftsmen during medieval times

• Guild

• Sect

• Shogun

• Vassal

a military governor who ruled Japan

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Missionary

• Concordat

a religious group

• Mass

• Missionary

• Theology

• Sect

a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes

• Guild

• Fjord

• Mass

• Fief

people who are sent by a religious organization to spread the faith

• Concordat

• Missionary

• Reconquista

• Knight

agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country

• Concordat

• Guild

• Scholasticism

• Heresy

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

• Concordat

• Vassal

• Fief

• Sect

a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

• Fjord

• Sect

• Fief

• Guild