Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
barter |
to exchange goods without using money |
|
|
clergy |
people of the church (bishops,priest,etc.) |
|
|
Code of Chivalry |
strict rules of conduct followed by medieval knights
|
|
|
excommunication
|
the power to expel someone from the Christian Church, which kept them out of heaven
|
|
|
fallow
|
when land is left unplanted so that it can renew its nutrients
|
|
|
fief
|
a parcel of land that is granted from a lord to a vassal
|
|
|
feudalism
|
a political system based on the bonds of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
|
|
|
guilds
|
groups of people who did the same type of job. Ex: carpenters, bakers, masons
|
|
|
homage
|
the ceremony in which a vassal pledged loyalty to a lord
|
|
|
lord
|
a person who granted lands to others who would then owe him labor, taxes, & military service
|
|
|
Magna Carta
|
document signed by King John I of England granting rights to his nobles
|
|
|
Manors
|
self-sufficient medieval communities |
|
|
monasteries
|
Isolated communities |
|
|
monks |
men who gave up all worldly possession to live a completely religious life outside of society |
|
|
nobility |
the land-owning upper class of medieval times
|
|
|
secular |
non-religious |
|
|
serf |
a lower-class peasant who was tied to the land |
|
|
vassal |
someone who was granted land by a lord, to whom they then owed labor, taxes
|
