Feudalism Vocabulary

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

• chivalry

• manor

• feudalism

• social class

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

• feudalism

• chivalry

• vassal

• manor

a grouping based on a person's wealth, education, and job

• monarch

• feudalism

• vassal

• social class

person who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service

• monarch

• vassal

• social class

• chivalry

a person (such as a king or queen) who rules a kingdom

• vassal

• social class

• monarch

• feudalism

the lord's residence and all of the surrounding farms and village

• manor

• feudalism

• monarch

• chivalry