Middle Ages Vocab Review

Middle Ages

• age 30-40

• Time inbetween ancient and modern history

• Medieval

• Half way point of life

Bishops

• Church member

• Leader of the Church

• Led cities or regions in name of the church

• the pope

Clergy

• church leaders who perform religious services and determine offical Christian polices

• common people

• The pope

• Anti church movement

Pope

• Most powerful Clergy member

• Leader of the Christian Church

• Leader of an anti-Church movement

• Leader of the Romans

Monk

• Relgious Women

• Relgious Men

• Religious women who live in Convents

• Religious men who live in Monasteries

Nun

• Religious Women

• Religious Men

• Religious women who live in Convents

• Religious Men who live in Monastaries

Charlemagne

• King Charles the III

• Leader of the Franks who united many Europeans into a single Empire

• Leader of the Normans

• Leader of the Goths

Knights

• Soliders on horseback

• Soliders

• Peasents

• a time of day when the sun is not up.

Fiefs

• Plots of land given by nobles

• Plots of land

• Plots of land given by nobles in exchange for military service

• Plots of land given by nobles because they were feeling nice.

Lord

• Jesus and the holy trinity

• Noble who gave fiefs to knights

• a singer

• a jester