Middle Ages Vocabulary

Land given to a knight in exchange for fighting for the nobles and kings

• Fief

• Feudalism

• Vassal

• Squire

A political system in which land was owned by lords and Kings but held by vassals in exchange for loyalty and service

• Lord

• Chivalry

• Feudalism

• Monasteries

Serfs

• people who were at the bottom of the social hierarchy

• all of above( or below)

• Peasants

• the people who provided food services and taxes when demanded

The empire that united western europe under Charlemagne

• Mesopotamian empire

• Medieval empire

• Roman empire

• Carolingian Empire

warriors on horseback who were best fighters and protected everyone

• military

• knights

• samuri

• nights

monasteries-communities of monks built over europe during the middle ages

• true

• false, another name for middle ages

squire- another name for middle ages

• true

• false, a young person who trains to be a knight

estates, or large Land holdings of nobles in exchange for services to the king

• Fief

• Medieval

• Manors

• Manorialism

a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to the king

• Vassal

• Squire

• Charlemagne

• King

lords

• People who live in South Carolina

• People who provided money and knights to the king in exchange for land

• Nickname for squires

• All of the above