Middle Ages

Political system used during Middle Ages where land was exchanged for loyalty and service.

• Fief

• Kingdom

• Feudalism

• Monarch

Another name for a king or queen.

• Prince

• Princess

• President

• Monarch

A land owner in the Middle Ages who is in charge of the people on his land and the lesser lords he gave land to.

• Lord

• Squire

• Page

• Fief

A piece of land given from lord to a lesser lord.

• Vassal

• Royalty

• Kingdom

• Fief

A lesser lord who accepts land from a more powerful lord and pledges loyalty and service to that lord

• King

• Monarch

• Vassal

• Peasant

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Upper class land owners

• Vassal

• Noble

• Serf

• Plebeian

Young man from the age of 14-18 who was a servant to a knight and was also training to become a knight

• Patron

• Squire

• Apprentice

• Spartan

Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection.

• Knight

• Noble

• Lord

• Peasant

A peasant who was bound to the land

• Serf

• Apprentice

• Page

• Squire