Medieval Europe Vocab

Large community of Christians spread across the world

• Sacrament

• Christendom

• Manor

• University

Sacred rights of Christianity, such as Baptism and Communion

• Chivalry

• Vassal

• Fallow

• Sacrament

Religious community for women known as nuns

• Guild

• Crop Rotation

• Convent

• Knight

In Medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other nobleman in return for his service

• Vassal

• Convent

• Loyalty

• Fief

Estate granted by a lord to a vassal

• Knight

• Manor

• Serf

• Fief

Warrior mounted on horseback

• Knight

• Vassal

• Fief

• Fallow

Code of conduct in Medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest.

• Natural Law

• Convent

• Chivalry

• Three-Field System

Self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord

• Serf

• Manor

• Natural Law

• University

A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

• Mendicant

• Fallow

• Serf

• Crop rotation

Unplanted

• Fallow

• Serf

• Mendicant

• Manor