Middle Age Vocabulary

Land owner

• King

• Pope

• Peasants

• Lord

A soldier serving under the feudal system

• Pope

• Knight

• King

• Serf

A system of power between the king and the knight

• Guild

• Apprenticeship

• Feudalism

• Coat of Arms

A large estate often including a village and farmlands, ruled by a lord in medieval Europe.

• manor

• estate

• acre

• pod

A man who promised to be loyal to a landowner, who in return gave him a share of land

• Journeyman

• Master

• Vassal

• Page

A piece of land given in return for loyalty

• fief

• guild

• chilvarly

• serf

Small farmers and farm labors; low class of the feudal rank

• Kings

• Journeyman

• peasants

• squire

The years between ancient and modern times; from about A.D. 500-1500

• Black Death

• Fall of Rome

• Roman Empire

• The Middle Ages

A symbol used by knights on their shield, banner, and armor.

• Guild

• coat of arms

• Serf

• Black Death

A position in a guild above the apprentice, he worked for a master craftsman and earned a wage

• Journeyman

• Squire

• Page

• Apprentice