Middle Ages Vocabulary quiz

a code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion

• guild

• chivalry

• feudalism

• clergy

The most important gift a lord could give a vassal

• Land

• Knight

• Apprentice

• knight

a person under the protection of the feudal lord.

• clergy

• manor

• vassal

• serf

a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return

• Chivalry

• Tournament

• Rivalry

• Feudalism

an estate or farm granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe

• fief

• serf

• guild

• clergy

It gave written recognition to the mutual rights and obligations between kings and vassals.

• Magna Carta

• fief

• clergy

• tournament

a body of officials who perform religious services--such as priests, ministers, or rabbis

• vassal

• fief

• clergy

• serf

Latin for "middle ages"

• Medieval

• Tournament

• Vassal

• Manor

a medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord's estate

• guild

• fief

• vassal

• serf

festivals where knights could practice their warfare skills

• serf

• tournament

• vassal

• festival