Vocabulary
Farmers in Middle Ages
Peasants
The clothes a knight wears
Armor
Who owns all the land?
King
The people who fight for their lords
Knights
A knight must defend the
church
The people who receive the land from the king in a special ceremony
Lord
A political and military system
Feudalism
True or False: A peasant can one day become a lord
False
The young knight who learns religion manners and obedience
Page
A knight must be polite to
women
The people who take care of lords land and find peasants and knights
Vassals
Celebration
Ceremony
How is the vassal given land by their lord?
Ceremony
The 15 year old boy who learns how to use weapons and ride a horse
Squire
Only the son of a noble can become a
knight
Piece of land
Fief
The long stick the knight carries
Lance
Why does the kind give lords land?
To earn their loyalty
At the age of 21 the squire begins to fight and is called a
knight
A knight must protect
the weak
A young knight who learned religion, manners, obedience & loyalty
Page
A boy who turns 15 and starts learning how to use weapons and ride a horse
Squire
What does a page learn
religion
manners
obedience
The knight fights for their lord in hopes in one day becoming a
lord
A lord commands a knight to be
Polite
Brave
Loyal