Middle Ages Vocabulary

The political, economic, and social system in Medieval Europe.

• Monarchy

• Feudalism

• Cathedral

A person with lots of money and high social or political status.

• Noble/Nobility

• Peasant

• Clergy

The head of the Catholic Church

• Peasant

• Vassal

• Pope

A poor farmer with no money or power, they may own land

• Noble/Nobility

• Clergy

• Peasant

A piece of land, used the way money is today.

• Manor

• Cathedral

• Fief

A manor includes...

• Farmland and a church

• Grocery stores and highways

• A lake and mountains

A government where a King or Queen is the ruler.

• Monarchy

• Feudalism

• Clergy

A very large and fancy church building.

• Manor

• Cathedral

• Fief

People who work in the church

• Peasants

• Nobles/Nobility

• Clergy

When a person or group of people can take care of themselves with no outside help.

• Fief

• Monarchy

• Self-sufficient