Feudalism Vocabulary

The political, military and social system in medival Europe and Japan based on bounds between lords and vassals.

• Feudalism

• Bushido

• Shogun

• Fief

The lord's estate that included farmland, village and castle.

• Vassal

• Manor

• Shogun

• Vassal

Armed warriors in Feudal Japan who served lords.

• Lord

• Daimyo

• Samurai

• Serf

A person who received a fief from a lord and provides military service and loyalty.

• Knight

• Vassal

• Bushido

• Serf

A king or landowner who granted fiefs to vassals.

• lord

• samurai

• daimyo

• shogun

A peasant legally bound to live and work on a lord's manor.

• samurai

• vassal

• daimyo

• serf

A feudal lord in Japan who commanded samurai warriors.

• Knight

• Daimyo

• Shogun

• Samurai

An estate of land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for lolyalty and service.

• lord

• Fief

• Bushido

• Vassal

An armed soldier on horseback who provided military service to a lord.

• Knight

• Samurai

• Serf

• Manor

The samurai code of conduct emphasizing honor, courage, loyalty and skill.

• Shogun

• Fief

• Bushido

• Feudalism