from the Latin for “middle age,” relating to the Middle Ages

People who are trained or ordained to religious services

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

Someone who has power - a master or ruler

To pay tribute to someone

In medieval Europe, noblemen who received land from other noblemen in return for their service

estate granted by a lord to a vassal

The state of being the firstborn child

Warrior mounted on horseback

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

self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord

a poor farmer of low social status who rents a small piece of land for farming

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

to have a strong and often bad effect on (something or someone)

The state of being faithful

The building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.

A man who is the head of an abbey of monks