Feudal Europe Vocabulary

Feudalism

• a system of organizing people into rats , with those of higher rank having more power and privileges

• the system, sprit, or customs of medieval knighthood

• the belief that God gives monarchs the right to rule

• the comic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages

Peasant

• in feudalism, a person who worked the land

• a ruler or powerful landowner

• an armed warrior

• a religious community

Lord

• an armed warrior

• a ruler or powerful landowner

• a large estate, including farmland and villages, held by a lord

• the system, sprit, or customs, of medieval kinghood

knight

• armed warrior

• powerful warrior

• powerful landowner

• a building

Serf

• a bigger or a mendicant

• the Christian Church headed by the pope in Rome

• Some peasants, called serfs, were "tied" to the land they worked

• One of the early leaders of the Franks was an ambitious young warrior. In 481 C.E. at the age of 15 he became king, that defeated the Roman army.

Clovis

• a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily or secure control o holy sites considered sacred by both figures

• the first pope to depose a crowned rule, Emperor Henry IV

• Encouraged the church to teach people to read and write

• One of the early leaders of the Franks was an ambitious young warrior. In 481 C.E. at the age of 15 he became king, that defeated the Roman army.

Encouraged the church to teach people to read and write

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Roman Catholic Church

• Pope Gregory IV

The Christian Church headed by the pope in Rome

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Roman Catholic Church

• Crusades

• Church

Manor

• a large estate, including farmland and villages, held by a lord

• A big building

• a religious community

• A church

The belief that God gives monarchs the right to rule

• Hierarchy

• Feudalism

• Chivalry

• Divine rights of kings