Question | Answer |
Feudalism | a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services |
manor | the estate over which a lord had control; also the lord's house on an estate |
fief | a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler |
homage | honor or respect given to someone of higher social status |
King and Queen | the leaders of feudalistic society |
vassal | a person who received land from a ruler and in return promised aid and loyalty. |
lord | a superior member of the feudal society who had control over a manor |
lady | the wife of a lord |
peasant | a farm worker |
serf | a farm worker who was bound to live and work on his lord's land |
three field system | a method of farming where crops were rotated yielding greater output annually |
fallow | an unplanted field, the third year in the three field system when a field is left to recover |
knight | a military servant of a feudal King or Lord |
Code of Chivalry | a set of rules for knights |
tournament | s staged battle fought by knights for money and honor without intention to wound or kill |
pageboy | a young boy in the first stages of training to become a knight |
squire | a personal servant to a particular knight |
fortress | a large fortified place that includes a castle and often a town |
castle | a large building often surrounded by a fortress |
keep | a square structure, designed to be the strongest part of a castle where inhabitants could retreat to in the event of an attack |
courtyard | the open space inside a castle's keep |
drawbridge | a bridge made to be raised up and let down so as to permit or hinder passage |
moat | the ditch surrounding a castle often fill with water. |