Vocabulary List #3 Medieval Europe

(noun)- an organization of people in the same craft or trade.

• Guild

• Goon

• Glib

(noun)- in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city.

• Matriarch

• Patriarch

• St. Patrick

(noun)- A person who holds beliefs that are contrary to a set of religious teachings.

• Heretic

• Hairy Tick

• Heathen

• Herald

(noun)- A written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community, class of people, or organization

• Charter

• Contract

• Bargain

• Parchment

(noun)- A journey to a holy site.

• Pilgrimage

• Vacation

• Crusade

(noun)- A peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked.

• Serf

• Surf

• Seraph

• Safe

(noun)- Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.

• Fief

• Thief

• Fifth

• Farm

(noun)- The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord’s protection.

• Kingdom

• Feudalism

• Capitalism

(noun)- The medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women.

• Cavalry

• Bushido

• Chivalry

(noun)- a body of rulings made by judges or very old traditional laws that become part of a nation’s legal system.

• Common Sense

• Common Law

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• Commonwealth