| A | B |
|---|
| betrothed | engaged to be married |
| monk | religious clergy who lived in monastaries |
| scholar | learned person |
| peasant | lowest social and poorest people |
| nobles | wealthy land owners |
| merchants | business people who often lived in villages or towns |
| Middle Ages | 500 to 1500 C.E. |
| shrine | holy place |
| feast day | date dedicated to a saint or religious figure |
| master | one who has completely learned a trade |
| journeyman | one learning advance skills in a trade |
| apprentice | one who is just beginning to learn a trade |
| knight | armored horseman or title of lesser noble |
| squire | knight's servant |
| nun | female clergy/religious worker |
| Gothic | architecture style with pointed arches |
| parchment | paperlike material made from sheepskin |
| fief | land given to a vassal |
| vassal | served a lord in return for land and titles |
| serf | peasant who worked the land and could not leave |
| monastery | religious community where monks live |
| convent | sometimes called a nunnery |
