| A | B |
|---|
| feudal contract | an agreement between a powerful lord and his vassal |
| fief | a grant of land from a powerful lord to his vassal |
| knight | a mounted warrior |
| tournament | mock battle |
| troubadour | wandering poet |
| manor | a self sufficient estate that belonged to a lord |
| feudalism | a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords. |
| vassal | a lesser lord who pledged loyalty and service to a greater lord |
| chivalry | the knightâs code of conduct |
| serf | a peasant who is bound to the land |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | powerful and influential French medieval woman she was politically and socially powerful she became Queen of France and later Queen of England |
