Ch4:Middel Ages2,5-10 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Franks
Franks are people in a nation who ruled in western Europe in the sixth century CE
Feudalism
Feudalism social order in medieval Europe
Lords
Lord chief position in the feudal system below the monarch
Clergy
Clergy officials of the Church
Homage
Homage pledging duties and loyalty to a superior rank in the feudal system
Stirrups
Stirrups foot supports suspended from a saddle by straps
Joust
Joust combat between two mounted knights using blunted lances
Moat
Moat water-filled defensive ditch surrounding a castle
Palisade
Palisade tall fence made of pointed timber stakes driven into the ground
Curtain wall
Curtain wall outer wall surrounding an inner wall in a castle
Deposed
Deposed removed from a position of authority
Fallow
Fallow is when a farmer leaves a feild for a year and uses the others and then each year rotates
Vassal
A holder of land that grants or loans it to someone with conditions
Fealty
Feudal Tenants or vassals sworn to loyalty to a lord
Fief
Property or rights given to a vassal by an overlord to be held in fealty
Mass
Mass is a religious feast
Villein
A tenant is under power to a lord to who paid money and service in return for land
Tithe
10% of annual produce or earnings taken as a tax and taken to the church or clergy
Serf
An agricultural labourer that is tied to working the lords land because of the feudal system
Watermill
It is a machine that is used to make flour by water from a stream flowing over a wheel making it spin then turning a few more and eventually grinding flour
Artisan
Someone who works in a skilled trade, usually making things by hand
Lance
The stick used by charging no nights made of wood with a pointed steel head
Trebuchet
A weapon used medieval warfare to hurl missiles and large stones
Siege
A battle tactic that surrounds a town or castle cutting off supplies and forcing than to surrender