Middle Ages Vocabulary

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  1. 5. A body of officials who perform religious services, such as priests, ministers or rabbis.
  2. 8. A person who held land from a feudal lord and received protection in return for homage and allegiance
  3. 10. Another name for Middle Ages; from the latin word meaning middle age.
  4. 12. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch. Ruler who has power over a specific area.
  5. 13. The proprietor (owner) of a manor.
  6. 16. Categorization of a group of people according to ability or status.
  7. 17. There are several different technologies that fall into the “catapult” category. They include the catapult, the ballista and the trebuchet.
  8. 18. metal or leather loops that hang from a saddle and hold a rider's feet. enabled the rider to stand and fight while riding
  9. 21. A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
  10. 22. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval Europe.
  11. 24. They were the poorest people in the medieval era and lived primarily in the country or small villages.
  12. 25. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century based on holding all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.
  13. 27. A heavy cloth with rich, colored designs or scenes usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
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  1. 1. Concerned with worldly/political rather than spiritual/religious matters. Popes in Middle ages became this.
  2. 2. A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people.
  3. 3. leather seat that kept warrior firmly seated on moving horse.
  4. 4. A community of monks, these were built all over Europe in the Middle Ages.
  5. 6. A boy who acted as a knight’s attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood
  6. 7. A quality of determination when facing great danger, especially in battle.
  7. 9. The medieval system, principles and customs of knighthood. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor and gallantry toward women.
  8. 10. Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities. They spent their time in prayer, work and meditation.
  9. 11. Everyday language of a specific nation. During the middle ages, serious scholars wrote only in Latin; however some poets wrote masterpieces in this.
  10. 14. A quality of someone who displays moral excellence.
  11. 15. The property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service.
  12. 19. A poet or musician who traveled around and entertained people with songs about chivalry and courtly love.
  13. 20. Structures that belonged to the wealthy, important, and powerful people of the land – kings, nobles, and knights.They were symbols of status during times of war and in peace. Early castles were built in the 9th and 10th centuries and were constructed of earth and wood. They were designed to be difficult to attack and easy to defend.
  14. 23. A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
  15. 26. A member of the lowest feudal class, attached to the land owned by a lord and required to perform labor in return for certain legal or customary rights.
  16. 28. A peasant/serf family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church