1. Welcome to Middle Ages
Vocabulary

2. apprentice
- a beginner or novice who agrees to work for a master in his trade or craft in return for instruction and support

3. armor
– protective clothing worn by the knight, may include a shield and lance

4. calligraphy
– ornamental handwriting

5. castle
home to the king, lords and their families
often used a place of protection for the people of the manor

6. chivalry
– the characteristics or rules of behavior expected of the knight: they include fairness, courtesy, respect, protection of the weak

7. Coat of Arms  
– the symbol used to identify the members of a noble family, often found on the shields of knights and on the outside of nobles’ homes

8. Crusader
- a Christian soldier who fought in a holy War to free Jerusalem from the Muslims

9. Feudalism  
– a system where vassals (lesser nobles) held land from lords (nobles and the king) in exchange for protection and military service

10. fief
– land held as a result of an agreement (pledge) between the vassal and the overlord, who pledges to honor and protect his vassal

11. guild  
- a group organized by merchants, artisans and craft worker to protect the members and set quality and price standards for all

12. heraldry
– creating, recording and reading a Coat of Arms which identified member of the nobility

13. illuminations
– designs, pictures, and decoration used in manuscripts to make them more appealing

14. King
– the ruler of the land, the top of the feudal pyramid

15. Knight
- a trained horseman who fought for the king or his lord, a noble by birth

16. Lord
- the second in order in the feudal world, a noble who owned less land than the king, and was loyal to the king

17. manor
- a large self-sufficient estate or farm belonging to a noble family. Peasants and serfs worked the land and engaged in crafts to supply the lord and his family with all they needed in exchange for protection

18. Middle Ages  
– the name given to the time period between 800
and 1400 AD

19. moat
– a large, deep ditch around the outside of the castle wall used as a means of defense against attack, sometimes filled with water

20. nobles
- members of the wealthiest class in feudal society

21. serf
a poor person who lives on and farms the land, they are not free, but belong to the land, one step above a slave. If the land is transferred they go with it.

22. peasants
- a poor, but free people who live on the manor, and farm the land. They give crops and services to the Lord in exchange for protection

23. squire
- a noble boy who is a servant to a knight as he is learning to be a knight himself
Knight Quest

24. tapestry
- heavy cloth woven with designs usually telling a story, hung on walls during the Middle Ages for warmth

25. tithe
- one tenth of a person’s income or crops that went to the church

26. trade - the exchange of goods

27. page
a young noble boy who carried messages and waited
on the lord
- Learns social etiquette while sometimes studying to be a knight

28. - in the Middle Ages, one who served the lord in exchange for land
vassal
- in the Middle Ages, one who served the lord in exchange for land

29. Work Cited Slide 2 article.wn.com Slide 3 medieval.ucdavis.edu
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Slide 12 library.thinkquest.org

30. Work Cited
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