| A | B |
|---|
| abbey | Abbot's monastery |
| bailey | castle courtyard |
| belfry | tower where bells are hung |
| cloister | covered passageway |
| drawbridge | a way across a moat |
| hospice | house of shelter |
| joust | combat on horseback |
| keep | most secure part of castle |
| mail | flexible armor |
| moat | trench surrounding castle |
| monastery | houses for monks |
| portcullis | iron entrance gate of a castle |
| scriptorium | room for coying manuscripts |
| yeoman | farmer who cultivates own land |
| knight | warrior sworn to service of a lord |
| page | knight's servant |
| manor | self sufficient farming estate |
| fief | piece of land received from king |
| serf | worker bound to the land of a noble |
| feudalism | economic and political system |
| squire | servant to a knight |
| villein | peasant |
| halberd | part spear; part ax |
| vassal | a lord's servant |
| lord | noble born land owner |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
