Middle Ages/Renaissance

Political system used during Middle Ages where land was exchanged for loyalty and service.

• Fief

• Kingdom

• Feudalism

• Monarch

A land owner in the Middle Ages who is in charge of the people on his land and the lesser lords he gave land to.

• Lord

• Squire

• Page

• Fief

A piece of land given from lord to a lesser lord.

• Vassal

• Royalty

• Kingdom

• Fief

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived his life according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Young man from the age of 14-18 who was a servant to a knight and was also training to become a knight

• Patron

• Squire

• Apprentice

• Spartan

A peasant who was bound to the land

• Serf

• Apprentice

• Page

• Squire

The village where nobles and peasants lived, also where all the economic activity took place during the Middle Ages.

• Province

• County

• Manor

• Vassal

Men who lived in a religious community who take vows of poverty, obedience, and wrote books

• Manor

• Squire

• Monk

• Vassal

Title given to a young boy, ages 7-13, who was training to become a knight

• Monk

• Apprentice

• Monarch

• Page

A way to show levels of power

• Chivalry

• Manor

• Hierarchy

• Fiefdom