Middle Ages Vocab

The ruling class in feudalism.

• Nobles

• Peasants

• Merchants

• Serfs

People who worked for the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.

• Clergy

• Merchants

• Knights

• Peasants

The largest and lowest class of people in Feudalism.

• Peasants

• Nobles

• Knights

• Clergy

A rigid political system in Middle Ages Europe.

• Feudalism

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Socialism

An economic system where a lord owns the land and peasants and serfs work it.

• Manorialism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

People who are tied to the land and cannot leave without their lord’s permission.

• Serfs

• Lords

• Knights

• Merchants

Lands given to vassals by a lord in return for loyalty and military service.

• Fiefs

• Manors

• Guilds

• Serfs

Knights who pledge their homage or loyalty to a lord.

• Vassals

• Serfs

• Monks

• Merchants

Men who control lands and give parts to vassals and receive crops from peasants.

• Lords

• Serfs

• Knights

• Merchants