Medieval Europe Vocabulary

1. pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time.
5. the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
6. a man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area.
11. the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
12. a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
14. the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century CE to the period of the Renaissance.
15. a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.
18. each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
19. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

2. a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
3. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
4. a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation
7. The Manor System refers to a system of agricultural estates during the Middle Ages that were owned by a lord and run by serfs or peasants.
8. the dominant social system in medieval Europe.
9. belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.
10. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
13. someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler.
16. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
17. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate.