Middle Ages Vocabulary

Time period in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire from 500 AD - 1500 AD.

Also known as the Medieval Era and the Dark Ages

Leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Christian religious men who lived in monasteries and dedicated their life to prayer and work.

Seafaring culture from Scandinavia that raided towns and villages in Europe.

Elite warriors that fought on horseback and defended land for nobles.

A knight that promised to support and defend a lord (noble) in exchange for land.

Middle Age social structure that relied on promises between the lords and their vassals.

Peasants who worked the land of a lord and were bound to that land throughout generations.

Code of honorable behavior for a knight.

Long series of wars between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine).