| A | B |
|---|
| knight | armored horseman |
| squire | knight's servant |
| page | waited on a lord |
| serf | worked the noble's land |
| feudalism | system of loyalties/protections |
| vassal | served a lord for land |
| fief | land given to a vassal |
| chivalry | rules followed by knights |
| cathedral | large church |
| clergy | religious workers |
| convent | community in which nuns live |
| Gothic | architecture with pointed arches |
| monastery | community in which monks live |
| monk | male religious worker |
| nun | female religious worker |
| Romanesque | architecture with rounded arches and vaults |
| Paris | capital of France |
| parchment | paperlike material made from sheepskin |
| apprentice | learns a trade from a master |
| charter | document granting sel-government |
| Magna Carta | document limiting King's power |
| master | one who has learned a trade |
| plague | Black Death (sickness) |
| Charlemagne | Charles the Great |
| crusader | Christian soldier who fought for the Holy Lands |
| Crusades | wars fought to capture the Holy Lands |
| Germanic tribes | from area in or near present day Germany |
| Middle Ages | period of history A.D.500 - 1500 |
| plunder | goods taken by force |
| Pope | leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Vikings | warriors from Norway, Sweden and Denmark |
| heresy | an opinion or belief that contradicts established religious teaching, especially one that is officially condemned (to say that it is bad) by a religious authority |
| manor | A large piece of land, consisting of a manor house, or estate, an accompanying village, and church. And a lot of natural surrounding land, where workers (serfs) on the land providing food for themselves and the manor. |
| tithe | 1/10 of a persons wage to support the church |
| liege | a lord or sovereign who deserves loyalty and service under feudal law |
| guild | Union of all the towns people who have the same job |
| troubadour | Traveling performer who sang about the deeds of the knights |
| self-sufficient | Person who can supply everything they need for themselves ( grow own food, make own clothes, make and repair own tools) |
