Vocabulary Flashcards
(30 cards)
Medieval
Referring to the Middle Ages time period( after the fall of Roman Empire)
Renaissance
Rebirth, time period after Middle Ages
Heraldry
A system of identification used by knights
Quartering
Multiple coats of arms on a shield
Differencing
Marking your shield with a symbol to represent birth order
Tincture
Colors of the shield
Feudalism
System of trading land for protection
Fiefs
Gifts (pieces) of land, large estates
Noble
Member of the upper classes;included kings, lords, ladies,barons,knights
Vassal
Noble who served a lord of a higher rank in exchange for loyalty
Ladies
Noblewomen
Knight
Warrior on horseback
Squire
Someone training to be a knight
Page
Young bot who helped the knight and squires
Code of Chivalry
Certain rules for a knight to live by
Joust
Contest on horseback between two knights
Serfs
Medieval peasants, bound to the land
Freeman
Peasants who paid the noble to farm their own land
Manor
Large farming estates
Daimyo
In Japan, ruling families who owned land
Samurai
Japanese warrior
Katana
Large Japanese sword
Shoto
Small Japanese sword
Bushido
Code of conduct for samurai