Middle Ages Test Study Guide

Catholic church officials (priests, monks, the pope, nuns, etc.)

• squire

• knight

• tradesmen

• clergy

A time period that lasted roughly 1000 years after the fall of Rome in western Europe. The time period can be defined by the lack of central government, rise of the Roman Catholic Church, decrease in trade, and a decrease in learning.

 

• Medieval

• Middle Ages

• hierarchy

• identity

The code or honor followed by knights in the Middle Ages in Western Europe

• Clergy

• identity

• chivalry

• noble

Large estate owned by a knight or lord

• Castle

• Manor

• Village

• Kingdom

The largest group of people during the Middle Ages who were required to serve a lord; they were not allowed to leave the lord’s land without permission; they were not allowed to own land. Also called peasants.

• Slave

• Peasant

• Knight

• Serf

Trained warriors who served lords and kings in the Middle Ages in Western Europe

• Lord
• Knight
• Peasant
• Serf

 A long series of wars between Christians & Muslims in the Holy Land

• Crusades
• Hundred Years War
• Middle Ages
• Bubonic Plague

The social system of the Middle Ages that defined the promises of loyalty between the various groups (Kings, Lords, Knights, Serfs)

• Magna Carta

• knight

• manor

• feudalism

A residence community of monks living in seclusion under religious vows. They often functioned as schools, hospitals, and offered help to the poor.

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Monastery

• Judaism

Heresy means___________________

• you are a peasant

• you need protection from barbarians

• Anything that contradicts or “goes against” Catholic church teachings