Medieval Vocabulary

Practice of changing the use of fields over time

• Fief

• Crop Rotation

• Guild

• Manor

Strict social system in which landowners grant people land in exchange for loyalty or service

• Chivalry

• Justinian Code

• Feudalism

• Magna Carta

Estate granted to a lord by a vassal

• Fief

• Guild

• Manor

• Serf

Code of conduct in Medieval Europe that emphasizes bravery, loyalty and honesty

• Bushido

• Chivalry

• Heresy

• Crusade

Secluded religious community

• Guild

• Castle

• Fief

• Monastery

A belief that is rejected by official Christian doctrine

• Crusade

• Magna Carta

• Heresy

• Chivalry

Peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

• Peasant

• Knight

• Clergy

• Serf

A deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

• Bubonic Plague

• Crusades

• Magna Carta

• Justinian Code

Group of artisans or merchants united by a common interest

• Fief

• Guild

• Union

• Monastery

Self-sufficient estate of a Medieval lord

• Fief

• Manor

• Guild

• Crusade