Terms

Question 1

Fief

Answer 1

A fief is a piece of land that was granted to a vassal for services provided to their lord

Question 2

Vassal

Answer 2

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe

Question 3

Serf

Answer 3

: a servant or laborer of olden times who was treated as part of the land worked on and went along with the land if it was sold.

Question 4

Zoonitic

Answer 4

Zoonotic diseases (also known as zoonoses) are caused by germs that spread between animals and people.

Question 5

Charter

Answer 5

charter, a document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power of a state to an individual, corporation, city, or other unit of local organization.

Question 6

Guilds

Answer 6

Guilds were organized associations of artisans, craftsmen, and merchants involved in the same trade or profession

Question 7

Journeyman

Answer 7

A journeyman is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification.

Question 8

Rinascimento

Answer 8

Rebirth

Question 9

Antiquity

Answer 9

Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans

Question 10

Uomo universale

Answer 10

(literally, ‘universal man’). A man who excels in the major fields of learning and action

Question 11

Dogma

Answer 11

Religious rules/something held as an established opinion