Medieval Vocabulary

2. unplanted
4. religious community for women known as Nuns.
6. person believed to be especially holy.
8. large community of Christians spread across the world.
11. practice of changing the use of fields over time.
12. association of people who have a common interest.
14. in medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other noblemen in return for his service.
15. related to a religion with many gods.
17. system invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year.
19. self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord.
21. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion

1. secluded religious community.
3. from the Latin for “middle age,” relating to the Middle Ages.
5. code of conduct in medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest.
7. physical features of a place.
9. period between ancient times and modern times, roughly from 500 to 1500 C.E.
10. warrior mounted on horseback.
13. sacred rites of Christianity, such as baptism and communion.
16. people who are trained and ordained for religious services.
18. a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord.
20. estate granted by a lord to a vassal.