Medieval Vocabulary

Religious Ideas that oppose traditionally accepted church beliefs

• Heresey

• Black Death

• Crusades

• Maga carta

Leaders of the Catholic church, including priests, bishops, cardinals and the pope

• Black Death

• Clergy

• Magna Carta

• Knights

A series of wars fought over the Holy Land, between Muslims and Christians.

• Clergy

• Christianity

• Feudalism

• Crusades

A deadly plague that swept through Europe from 1347-1551

• Black Death

• Magna Carta

• Monks

• Chivalry

Called the 'Great Charter" it was a document listing basic rights that the king had t honor.

• Knights

• Clergy

• Magna Carta

• Middle Ages

Religious men who lived apart, in isolated communities called monasteries

• Monks

• Knights

• Chivalry

• Feudalism

Code of honorable behavior of knights

• Serfs

• Lords

• Manor

• Chivalry

A nobleman who was given land by the king and hired knights to protect the land and the serfs who serve on it

• Manor

• Knight

• Serf

• Lord

A system of protection in which land and people are protected by skilled warriors in exchange for a small portion of land

• Excommunicate

• Feudalism

• Christianity

• Middle Ages

Another Name for Medieval Europe or the dark ages

• Monks

• Middle Ages

• Feudalism

• Christianity