Middle Ages Vocabulary

An economic and political system in Europe during the Middle Ages based on land and service.

• Feudalism
• Bishop
• Serf
• Pope

warrior on horseback

• Knight
• Pope
• Guild
• Crusades

An organization of people who practiced the same craft. They set standards and prices.

• Guild
• Fief
• Lord
• Pope

A person who lived and worked without pay with a master craftsman, in order to learn a trade.

• Apprentice
• Lord
• Monastery
• Knight

A large and elaborate Christian church.

• Cathedral
• Crusades
• Homage
• Pope

A self-sufficient farming estate where nobles and serfs lived and worked.

• Manor
• Knight
• Monk
• Monastery

A series of holy wars during the Middle Ages.

• Crusades
• Homage
• Fief
• Monastery

A legal document that limited the power of the king.

• Magna Carta
• Serf
• Cathedral
• Chivalry

A man who devotes his life to a religious group, often giving up all that he owns.

• Monk
• Vassal
• Bishop
• Crusades

Someone who received protection and land from a lord in exchange for military service.

• Vassal
• Fief
• Chivalry
• Homage