Chapter 6 Vocabulary

A period of European history that lasted from about 500 - 1500; also called Medieval times.

• Middle Ages

• Pagan

• Monastery

• Christendom

Schools that train scholars at the highest level.

• Guild

• Monastery

• Vassal

• Universities

A group of workers who practice the same craft and join together to protect economic interests.

• Universities

• Christendom

• Guild

• Clergy

Peasants who are legally bound to the lord's land.

• Christendom

• Clergy

• Vassal

• Serfs

The agricultural estate of a medieval lord.

• Manor

• Monastery

• Chivalry

• Guild

The code of conduct for European knights.

• Christendom

• Clergy

• Chivalry

• Guild

Medieval warriors mounted on horseback.

• Guild

• Monastery

• Chivalry

• Knights

An estate of land given under feudal terms.

• Fief

• Chivalry

• Monastery

• Clergy

A person who has sworn loyalty to a lord or a king in exchange for land.

• Vassal

• Feudalism

• Knight

• Fief

A system of governing in which land is divided among lords and knights.

• Christendom

• Monastery

• Feudalism

• Guild