Medieval Glossary

2. A knight in training
4. A warrior who rode a horse and wore heavy metal armor
5. Carta A document forced upon King John of England by his barons
6. Religious wars between the Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land
8. System A system of government where the king allotted land to his lords and barons
9. A defensive fortification where a lord or king would live
10. A peasant who worked the land for the local lord
11. The code by which knights pledged to live
12. A religious area or group of buildings where monks lived
13. Empire The eastern half of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages

1. People who came from Scandinavia in Northern Europe
3. Someone who pledges their allegiance to a lord.
6. King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor
7. Death A deadly disease that spread through much of Europe during the Middle Ages
8. An area of land given to a lord or baron by a king to rule.