vocab pt.2

large community of christians spread across the world

• Christendom

• sacrment

• convent

sacred rites of christianity, such as baptism and communion

• sacrament

• convent

• vassal

religious community for women known as nuns

• convent

• vassal

• fief

in medieval europe, a nobleman who receives land from another nobleman in return for his service

• vassal

• fief

• knight

estate granted by a lord to a vassal

• fief

• knight

• chivalry

warrior mounted on horseback

• knight

• chivalry

• manor

code of conduct in medieval europe that required knight to be brave, loyal, and honest

• chivalry

• manor

• serf

self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord

• manor

• serf

• fallow

a peasant who is legally bound to live an work on land owned by a lord

• serf

• fallow

• mendicant order

unplanted

• fallow

• mendicant order

• natural law