Middle Ages Vocabulary

The Latin term for "Middle Ages"

• medieval

• monasteries

• monks

• Charlemagne

Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities

• medieval

• Charlemagne

• monks

• Pope

King of the Franks in 700 AD

• Benedict

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Magyar

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

Vocabulary: A grant of land given to a vassal

• Fief

• Feudal Contract

• Chivalry

• Vassal

Vocabulary: Social and Political system of the middle ages

• Fief

• Feudalism

• Feudal Contract

• Chivalry

Vocabulary: A code of ethics all knights were expected to follow

• Fief

• Feudal contract

• Chivalry

• Vassal

Warriors who fought on horseback

• Lord
• Knight
• Peasant
• Serf