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People who are trained and ordained for religious services.
Clergy
A person who worships many gods.
Pagan
Someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion.
Missionary
A secluded community where monks focus on prayer and scripture.
Monastery
A powerful ruler who ruled an empire that stretched from France, Germany and Italy. He helped to spread Christianity to other regions of Europe.
Charlemagne
To switch from one belief system to another.
Convert
The physical features of a place.
Topography
A person recognized by the Catholic Church and believed to be especially holy.
Saint
To move from one region to another in order to live there.
Migrate
Warriors mounted on horseback.
Knights
A religious community for women known as nuns.
Convent
Chivalry
To have a strong and often bad effect on something or someone.
Impact
The state of being faithful.
Loyalty
An estate granted by a lord to a vassal.
Fief
Sacred rites of Christianity, such as baptism and communion.
Sacrament
A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord.
Serf
The heart of the medieval economy, or the agricultural estate of the medieval lord.
Manor
A time period in European history between the years of 500 and 1500CE.
Middle Ages
A man who dedicates himself to worshipping and serving God.
Monk
A term given to the largest community of Christians spread across the world.
Christendom
Lesser lords in the feudal system who pledged their loyalty to a more powerful lord in exchange for land.
Vassal