Feudalism Vocabulary Flashcards
Anglo-Saxons
Germanic people who lived in England in the centuries before the Norman Conquest.
Aristocracy
A privileged minority, usually based on inherited wealth and high social position.
Battle of Hastings
The decisive battle, in 1066, of the Norman invasion near the southern English town of Hastings.
Bishop
A clergyman of noble rank, higher than a priest, in charge of the administration of diocese.
Cathedral
The main church for a district or diocese which served as the seat of a Bishop
Celtic
Refers to a language variety spoken in Wales, Brittany, Ireland, and Scotland. Also refers to the ancient peoples called the Celts.
Chivalry
Knightly qualities such as valour, fairness, courtesy, respect for women, and protection of the poor.
Clolsters
A monastic place, but especially the arched and covered walkways around a central garden that link monastery buildings.
Coat of Arms
A shield marked with the insignia or designs of a particular family or group.
Dark Ages
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.
Diocese
A church district under a bishop’s authority.
Falconry
Hunting with trained falcons.
Feudalism
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.
Joust
A combat of mock combat with lances between two knights or soldiers.
Knights
A military servant often holding land on the condition that he serve his master as a mounted man at arms.
A Manor
A district controlled by a feudal lord, usually consisting of a few farms, a church, a village, and a manor house.
Medieval Era
The period of the Middle Ages
Melee
A fight or mock fight between groups of kings or soldiers.
Middle Ages
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.
Monk
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.
The Norman Conquest
The defeat of England by French Norman invaders under Duke William of Normandy.
Normandy
A dukedom of France located in the northwest part of the country. Named for the vikings or northmen who settled there in the 900s.
Page
A boy attendant to a knight who was in training for the knighthood.
The reformation
The movement which sought to reform certain corrupt practices of the Catholic Church and which led to Protestantism.
