Medieval Europe Vocabulary Practice

a strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

period between ancient times and modern times, roughly from 500 to 1500 CE.

from the Latin for "middle age," relating to the middle ages.

the movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion

people who are trained and ordained for religious services.

leader of the Roman Catholic Church

a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

in medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other nobleman in return for his service.

secluded religious community

estate granted by a lord to a vassal

self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord

sacred rites of Christianity, such as baptism and communion

a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

warrior mounted on a horseback

code of conduct in medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest

self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord

in medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other nobleman in return for his service.

A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the holy land.

a document that promised barons certain rights

a strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

the movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

to exclude a person from a church or a religious community

a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

unsuccessful revolt by peasants against lords in England in 1381

epidemic of the bubonic plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352

destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453