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Middle Ages Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Middle Ages | period between ancient times and modern times,roughly from A.D. 500 to 1500 |
| medieval | from the Latin for “middle ages,”relating to the Middle Ages |
| topography | physical features of a place |
| clergy | people who are trained and ordained for religious services |
| vassal | in medieval Europe,nobleman who received land from other noblemen in return for their services |
| fief | estate granted by a lord to a vassal |
| knight | warrior mounted on horseback |
| chivalry | code of conduct in medieval Europe that required knights to be brave,loyal, and honest |
| manor | self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord |
| serf | a peasant who is illegally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord. |
| crop rotation | practice of changing the use of field over time |
| fallow | unplanted |
| three-field system | system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year |
| guild | association of people who have a common interest. |