People
the highest rank in the feudal order?
King
a person who served a nobel.
Knight
A social and political system of protection in the Middle Ages.
Feudalism
a very large church.
Cathedral
A person who was granted land by the lord and had to aid him in return.
Vassal
the poorest people in the Medieval Era.
Peasant
A period of time in European History from the fall of Western Roman Empire to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. 5th to 15th century.
Middle Ages
main source of income in the Middle Ages.
Agriculture
paid taxes to the landowner and had more freedom than serf.
poorest of the peasants and were like slaves.
Serfs
an oath made by a vassal to the lord.
Fealty
what peasants had to pay to the church, mainly paid in produce.
Tithes
Important people who advised the king, knew how to read and write, had own fiefs and vassals.
Clergy
Religious people who had political power.
Bishops
Groups of people divided by political influence and economical power. There were three: King, nobles and peasant class.
Social Class
A source of income granted to a person (vassal) usually land a division of land where the noble was in charge.
Fief