Medieval Ages

A period that lasted from AD 500 to 1500

• monks

• monasteries

• Middle Ages

• Benedict

communities of monks

• Middle Ages

• monasteries

• monks

• medieval

a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

• fief

• peasant

• vassal

• noble

system of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassals

• communism

• feudalism

• capitalism

• monarchy

workers who were tied to the land on which they lived and farmed

• knights

• vassals

• serfs

• lords

Fief

• a country that is ruled by a monarch (such as a king or queen)

• of, or relating to, or belonging to the highest social class: of, or relating to, or belonging to the nobility

• a large area of land that was ruled over by a lord

• a feeling of strong support for someone or something

The center of life in a medieval community was the

• town hall

• temple

• market

• church

People went on Crusades to seek

• wealth

• adventure

• salvation

• all of the above

The head of the Roman Catholic Church

• Pope
• Priest
• Vassal
• Feif

A ____________ _____________ conducted local church services, supervised moral and religious instruction and administered 5/7 holy sacraments

• noble knight
• crowned king
• holy pope
• parish priest