Middle Ages Study Guide

Medieval peasant bound to the land of a lord

• Serf

• Knight

• Vassal

• Fief

Code of behavior for knights stressing bravery, courage, and loyalty to god, king, and a lady

• Feudalism

• Manor

• Chivalry

• Secular

Place where monks live and perform daily tasks

• Monastery

• Chivalry

• Manor

• Parish

Political system based on the granting of land

• Manor

• Fief

• Feudalism

• Parish

a one tenth of payment of ones income to the church

• Monastery

• Fief

• Manor

• Anoint

An area committed and given to a priest

• Fief

• Parish

• Manor

• Estate

A lord’s estate also called a castle

• Manor

• Estate

• Feudalism

• Parish

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

• Secular

• Monastery

• Feudal

• Serf

A period of lawlessness and disunity followed the fall of the Roman Empire. What served as the only unifying force in Europe?

A Catholic Church

• Catholic Church

• Emperor of Rome

• Localized Kings

• Roman Legions

All of the following led to the Roman Catholic Church’s increase in power and importance except:

• missionaries spread Christianity

• the monasteries preserved Greek and Roman cultural achievements

• the Pope anointed Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor

• the schism between the eastern and western churches