Medieval Vocab

2. High ranking nobles who had power over others.
6. Political order, where nobles governed and protected people in return for services.
7. A feudal state belonging to a vassal.
9. (Lower ranking vassal). A mounted man-at-arms serving a lord.
10. A group of merchants or craftspeople.
11. System/custom of medieval knights that made sure they were brave and obeyed his lord.

1. A type of peasants who paid nobles to farm on their land. They worked hard on only the land they paid for and moved often.
3. The Middle Ages, time between the ancient and modern periods.
4. Very top of social pyramid.
5. A member of the peasant class who worked only in the manor for the lord. They had little rights and could not own much.
8. A low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord.