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Medieval Europe

Terms in this set (39)

Chivalry
Rules for the proper behaviour of a knight
Christiandom
A word used to refer to the countries where Catholicism was the main religion
Clergy
People who had taken formal vows to devote their lives to god
Demesne
The farmland of the lord or lady of the manor
Feudal system
The system for organising land use and control of society in medieval times
Gargoyle
A stone water spout, often with an ugly face, attached to top of gothic style buildings and churches to drain water from its gutters
Gothic
Style of medieval architecture featuring pointed arches and flying buttressess
Guild
A craft or trade organisation which set work standards for its members and offered them protection
Heresy
Statement which goes against the teaching of the church
Jousting
Armed combat between knights who fough according to set rules
Knight
Noble who provided military service to the king or lord
Manuscripts
Books or documents which have been written by hand
Motte and bailey
The earth mound and outer fenced-in courtyard of a motte and bailey castle
Page
First level training of a knight
Romanesque
A style of architecture used in the Middle Ages
Sanctuary
Protection offered by the Church to those who confessed their crimes and promised to leave the country
Siege
Surrounding a castle or town in the attempt to starve the inhabitants into submission
Squire
The second stage of training for knighthood
Tithe
A tax equal to 10% of a person's produce or income paid to the Church
Treason
The crime of not being loyal to the king or queen
Troubadours
Poets who provided their own musical accompaniment
Villeins
Peasants under the control of the lord of the manor who had to provide him with certain services
Coffer
Box or chest in which money was kept
Dark Ages
Name often given to the early Middle Ages
Excommunication
The act of excluding a person vrom being part of the Roman Catholic Church; a power often used by medieval Popes
Fief
Land usually granted to nobles by the king or by other nobles
Manor
An area, usually a village and surround lands, contolled by a lord
Martyrs
People who died defending their religious beliefs
Pilgramage
Journey taken by people to visit religious or holy places
Plague
A disease that spreads very quickly
Relic
An item people consider to be of holy or religious value
Serf
Another name for a villein - a peasant worker who worked the land for a lord
Stocks
An instrument of punishment
Vassal
A person who owes services and loyalty to another
Anglo-Saxon
A person who live in Britain in the early Middle Ages
Barbarian
Term used by the ancient Romans to describe a person who lived outside the Empire
Bailiff
Farm manager
Bubonic plague
Disease that spread through Asia and Europe between 1347 and 1350. Also known as the Black Death
Flagellant
A person who thought God might spare them from the Bubonic Plague if they punished themselves
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