Middle Ages Vocabulary

a social class of people who worked for the church during the middle ages; church officials; they took care of the spiritual/religious needs of the people. (priests, monks, the pope, nuns, etc.)

• squire

• knight

• tradesmen

• clergy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a person in the highest social class who had money and power and who owned land or controlled land owned by the king. (lord, lady, duke, duchess, etc.)

• clergy

• noble

• squire

• tradesmen

• peasant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a time period in history that happened between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance; it lasted from around 475 A.D.-1500 A.D.

• Medieval

• Middle Ages

• hierarchy

• identity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

a code of ethics by which knights were supposed to act that stressed the proper treatment of women, royals, and the church.

• Clergy

• identity

• chivalry

• noble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a person of noble birth who helps and is trained by a knight to eventually become a knight himself. 

• knight

• squire

• clergy

• peasant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

people in the lower social class who were trained in a craft or who bought and sold things; ex: merchants, carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, masons, weavers, etc.

• squire

• noble

• tradesmen

• clergy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a word describing things from or that happened during the middle ages.

• chivalry

• medieval

• Middle Ages

• hierarchy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a person originally of noble birth trained in fighting, arms, and chivalry; knights were often loyal to a nobleman or king and would fight for them.

• squire

• clergy

• tradesmen

• peasant

• knight

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a lower social class person with limited means/money who farmed/worked the land around the castle and paid rent or taxes to the lord.

• clergy

• chivalry

• peasant

• knight

• tradesmen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the fortified home of an important/noble person, such as a lord or king.

• chivalry

• castle

• hierarchy

• identity

• clergy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D