Meanings Test 2 Flashcards
Infidels
Dose not believe in religion
Feudalism
An agreement between baron/ vassal and lord
Monarch
Highest authority
Lord /noble
Person in a high social/political stance
Vassel
A holder of land by Allegiance
Knight
A warrior
Freeholder
A person who owns his or hers own land
Serf
Agricultural labour who works on the Lord’s estate
Obligation
A duty/commitment
Allegiance
Loyalty to superior or of an individual
Self-sufficient
Independent
Demesne
Land aside for the Lord of a manner
Fallow
Ploughed and left unseeded
Treason
Betraying your ruler or country
Excommunication
To cancel a persons membership to church
Interdict
Prohibit or forbid
Lenient
Merciful to person in authority
Tithe
Money or produce given to the church worth around 10% of your income
Trial by ordeal
Finding out if you were innocent by exposing you to danger
Trial By battle
To noebels would fight winner was innocent
Magna Carta
The first written document that shows the king and government was not above the law
Jerusalem
Historical place that is important to Muslims and Christians
Constantinople
The capital of the Roman empire during Constantine’s reign