Medieval / Middle Ages Vocab.

a medieval system in which people were organized according to wealth and power

• manor

• feudalism

• vassal

land given to a lord in return for loyalty and service

• fief

• knight

• serf

a European noble who served as a mounted soldier, an important soldier during the Middle Ages

• serf

• noble

• knight

a large estate, often including farms and villages, owned by a noble family

• feudalism

• manor

• vassal

economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants shared the land for mutual benefit

• manorialism

• feudalism

• fief

having to do with the Middle Ages

• medieval

• manor

• knight

a person of high rank by birth or title in a society

• knight

• noble

• serf

• peasant

a peasant who worked the land - bound to the lord of the estate

• knight

• noble

• serf

large woven cloths with designs woven in of everyday life, hung on walls to keep out the cold and damp

• vassal

• manor

• tapestries

one who pledged to serve a person of higher rank

• vassal

• knight

• noble