Middle Ages Vocabulary

Weapon used to launch things over a walled city.

• catapult
• bow and arrow
• slingshot
• trebuchet

A system of protection in exchange for work.

• Feudalism

• Parables

• Jousts

• Sumptuary Laws

Person who owned land and made laws, gave fifes to Lords & Nobles.

• Manor Lord
• King

• Feudal Lord
• Castle Baron

Independent countries united under one government linked by a common culture & language.

• Nation-States

• Alliance
• Lords

• Vassals

Helped control land, spent most of their time gaining land, & defending land

• Lords/Nobles
• Kings/Queens
• Peasants
• Merchants

A monotheistic religion based on teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

• Christianity
• Buddhism
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• Jesus

Stories

• Trebuchet

• Parables

• Lectures

• Folklore

Vassal warriors trained to fight and protect, loyal

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• Vassals

• knights
• samurai

To be kicked out of the Catholic church

• excommunicate

• Squire

• Monotheistic

• Reading the Bible daily

The Holy Land

• Nazareth

• Rome

• Jerusalem

• Baldwin Land