Medieval Europe Vocabulary

Nobleman who was given land by the king and hired knights to protect the land and serfs that lived on it

• monks

• clergy

• lord

• knights

large estate of land often owned by a lord

• serf

• chivalry

• heresy

• manor

a series of wars found over the Holy Land between Muslims and Christians

• heresy

• crusades

• magna carta

• knights

code of honorable behavior for knights

• heresy

• feudalism

• excommunicate

• chivalry

another name for Medieval Europe of the Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Feudalism

• Christianity

• Black Death

a synonym for the Middle Ages, the Dark Ages, or Medieval Europe

• Magna Carta

• Feudal Europe

• Black Death

• Feudalism

mounted warriors who fought and protected people and land, often given small plots of land or fiefs for their loyalty

• monk

• knight

• serf

• peasant

the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Islam

• Christianity

a system of protection in which land and people are protected by skilled warriors in exchange for a small portion of land

• heresy

• feudalism

• Magna Carta

• crusades

to cast a person out of the church

• excommunicate

• heresy

• clergy

• chivalry