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

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

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

Large estate owned by a knight or lord

• Castle

• Manor

• Village

• Kingdom

Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived

• Slave

• Peasant

• Knight

• Serf

Warriors who fought on horseback

• Lord
• Knight
• Peasant
• Serf

Land given to lords

• Fief
• Manor
• Peasants
• Vikings

 A long series of wars between Christians & Muslims in the Holy Land

• Crusades
• Hundred Years War
• Middle Ages
• Bubonic Plague

a political system in which nobles are granted lands in exchange for loyalty, military service, &protection of the people who live on the land.

• Magna Carta

• knight

• manor

• feudalism

the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Judaism