| A | B |
|---|
| Europe after Rome fell | towns disappeared; unsafe travel; feudalism |
| feudalism | Exchange of military service for land |
| fief | land given from lord to vassal for military service |
| vassal | the lord who receives the fief for service |
| serf | peasant tied to the land |
| monarch | a king |
| monarchy | a kingdom |
| a manor or manor system | a lord's estate-house, village, church, farmland |
| self-sufficient | manor--can grow or make everything needed |
| chivalry | the code of conduct for knights |
| troubador | a wandering poet |
| clergy | priests of a church |
| monastery | where monks live and work together |
| convent | where nuns live and work together |
| cathedral | a very large church made of stone with stained glass windows |
| Romanesque cathedral | heavy columns and walls, rectangular, little windows |
| Gothic cathedral | pointed arches, flying butresses, large stained glass windows |
| stained glass windows | pictures from Bible to tell stories |
| St. Benedict's Rule | rules for monastery or convent |
| sacred | having to do with god, holy |
| secular | having to do with the world |
| Middle Ages culture | Greco-Roman, Christian, Germanic tribal |
| Roman Catholic Church | only institution standing after fall of Rome; strong |
