Feudal Society Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| feudalism | medieval political system based on the relation of lords to vassals |
| fief | estates |
| clergy | religious leaders |
| Act of Homage | ceremony in which a vassal promises loyalty to a lord |
| knight | warrior on horseback |
| castles | large,fortified houses |
| keep | strongest part of a castle |
| ladies | noblewoman |
| Code of Chivalry | rules knights had to live by |
| page | person who helped knights care for their horses and armor |
| squire | young noble under the care and training of a knight |
| dubbing | ceremony in which a squire is made a knight |
| joust | contest on horseback between 2 knights |
| tournament | contest to test the skill of knights |
| manors | medieval estates |
| seneschal | medieval official who looked after the noble's fiefs |
| bailiff | medieval official who saw that peasants did their work |
| freemen | peasants who paid the lord for the right to farm their own land |
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