Middle Ages Vocabulary

A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes.

• Fief

• Fjord

• Serf

• Guild

The system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood.

• Concordat

• Missionaries

• Heresy

• Chivalry

Agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country.

• Concordat

• Vassal

• Feudalism

• Plague

A feudal estate belonging to a vassal.

• Fjord

• Serf

• Fief

• Guild

Ideas that go against church teachings.

• Vassal

• Heresy

• Missionaries

• Knight

Political order; under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services.

• Fjord

• Chivalry

• Plague

• Feudalism

A mounted man-at-arms serving a lord.

• Knight

• Concordat

• Vassal

• Heresy

A group of merchants or craftspeople.

• Fief

• Serf

• Guild

• Feudalism

People who are sent by a religious organization to spread the faith.

• Plague

• Missionaries

• Vassal

• Chivalry

A disease that spreads quickly and kills many people.

• Feudalism

• Fjord

• Guild

• Plague