Feudalism Vocabulary

Question 1

Anglo-Saxons

Answer 1

Germanic people who lived in England in the centuries before the Norman Conquest.

Question 2

Aristocracy

Answer 2

A privileged minority, usually based on inherited wealth and high social position.

Question 3

Battle of Hastings

Answer 3

The decisive battle, in 1066, of the Norman invasion near the southern English town of Hastings.

Question 4

Bishop

Answer 4

A clergyman of noble rank, higher than a priest, in charge of the administration of diocese.

Question 5

Cathedral

Answer 5

The main church for a district or diocese which served as the seat of a Bishop

Question 6

Celtic

Answer 6

Refers to a language variety spoken in Wales, Brittany, Ireland, and Scotland. Also refers to the ancient peoples called the Celts.

Question 7

Chivalry

Answer 7

Knightly qualities such as valour, fairness, courtesy, respect for women, and protection of the poor.

Question 8

Clolsters

Answer 8

A monastic place, but especially the arched and covered walkways around a central garden that link monastery buildings.

Question 9

Coat of Arms

Answer 9

A shield marked with the insignia or designs of a particular family or group.

Question 10

Dark Ages

Answer 10

The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire to about the end of the tenth century. The first part of the Middle Ages, characterized by barbarian invasions, widespread ignorance, and lack of progress.

Question 11

Diocese

Answer 11

A church district under a bishop’s authority.

Question 12

Falconry

Answer 12

Hunting with trained falcons.

Question 13

Feudalism

Answer 13

The economic, political, and social organization of medical Europe in which land held by vassals in exchange for military or other services was worked by serfs who were bound to the land.

Question 14

Joust

Answer 14

A combat of mock combat with lances between two knights or soldiers.

Question 15

Knights

Answer 15

A military servant often holding land on the condition that he serve his master as a mounted man at arms.

Question 16

A Manor

Answer 16

A district controlled by a feudal lord, usually consisting of a few farms, a church, a village, and a manor house.

Question 17

Medieval Era

Answer 17

The period of the Middle Ages

Question 18

Melee

Answer 18

A fight or mock fight between groups of kings or soldiers.

Question 19

Middle Ages

Answer 19

The period of history between the fall of the Roman Empire, around 500 AD, to the birth of the renaissance, about 1450 AD. The period from 500 AD an 1000 AD is called the Dark Ages so that the period 1000-1450 AD is commonly called the Late Middle Ages or High Middle Ages.

Question 20

Monk

Answer 20

A man who lives alone or with a religious order which is separated from normal worldly activities and who lives according to strict rules under vows of poverty, Chasity, and obedience.

Question 21

The Norman Conquest

Answer 21

The defeat of England by French Norman invaders under Duke William of Normandy.

Question 22

Normandy

Answer 22

A dukedom of France located in the northwest part of the country. Named for the vikings or northmen who settled there in the 900s.

Question 23

Page

Answer 23

A boy attendant to a knight who was in training for the knighthood.

Question 24

The reformation

Answer 24

The movement which sought to reform certain corrupt practices of the Catholic Church and which led to Protestantism.

Question 25

The Renaissance

Answer 25

The great rebirth of art, literature, and learning in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history.

Question 26

Serf

Answer 26

A person in feudal servitude, bound to his master’s land and transferred with it when it passed to a new owner.

Question 27

Sumptuary Laws

Answer 27

Laws restricting the use of extravagant clothing or food.

Question 28

Tithing

Answer 28

One-tenth of annual produce or money paid as a tax to support the church and clergy.

Question 29

Wales

Answer 29

A Celtic-speaking region in the southwest portion of the United Kingdom which was a separate kingdom up until the end of the thirteenth century.