Middle Ages Vocab #1

the name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 CE

• Chivalry
• Byzantine
• Feudalism
• Charlemagne

the leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E., who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire

• Chivalry
• Feudalism
• Charlemagne
• Fief

the medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women

• Chivalry
• Fresco
• Fresco
• Fresco

a Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine
• Eastern Orthodox
• Byzantine
• Feudalism

the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection

• Eastern Orthodox
• Chivalry
• Feudalism
• Reform

land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

• Mosaics
• Hereditary
• Byzantine
• Fief

passed on from parent to child; inherited

• Eastern Orthodox
• Hereditary
• Aqueduct
• Mosaics

a pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance

• Aqueduct
• Feudalism
• Charlemagne
• Fresco

the city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.

• Mosaics
• Constantinople
• Chivalry
• Eastern Orthodox

the political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people

• Byzantine
• Charlemagne
• Fresco
• Emperor