Feudal Life
What was a Knight?
An armored warrior who fought on horseback.
What does authority mean?
The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
What is Theology?
They study of religion and God
What is a guild?
A group of people with the same trade or craft
What is a fjord?
A long, narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills
What was a fief?
Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
A group of citizens that decide wether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime.
What is a Mass?
A religious worship service for Catholic Christians
What was a medieval guild?
A medieval organization of crafts workers or tradespeople.
What is anti-Semitism?
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews
What was a Vassal?
A person who received property and protection from a lord.
What is a trial jury?
A group that decides whether an accused person is innocent of guilty.
What does it mean to excommunicate someone?
To declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church
What is a vernacular?
The everyday language of ordinary people
What is a Christian missionary?
A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
What system gave nobles use of land in exchange for loyalty, military service, and protection?
Feudalism
A lord gives land to a person in exchange for loyalty and service. What is the land called?
Fief
What is heresy?
An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea generally held sacred.
What is a serf?
A person who was bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
What was the Reconquista?
The effort by Christian leaders to drive Muslims out of spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492
What was the difference between a fief and a vassal?
A fief was the land; a vassal was the person who received the land/protection from the lord.
A group of citizens is deciding whether there is enough evidence to accuse someone of a crime. Is this a grand jury or trial jury
Grand Jury
What was scholasticism?
A medieval philosophical and theological system that tried to reconcile faith and reason
The definition says a person was required to take care of a certain plot of the lords land. What vocab word is this?
Serf
What is a concordat?
An agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country