Middle Ages Vocabulary Quiz

The code of honorable behavior for medieval knights, including high standards of conduct and loyalty.

Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived.

Warriors who fought on horseback in exchange for land.

<p>A knight who promised to support and be loyal to a lord in exchange for land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period that began in Western Europe after the fall of Rome and lasted from 500 AD to about 1500 AD.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Another name for the Middle Ages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A community of monks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of promises and obligations that governed the relationship between lords and vassals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large estate owned by a knight or lord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spanish Muslims originally from Africa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A poet or musician who traveled around and entertained people with songs about chivalry and courtly love.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persons of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to their king.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Germanic people who lived and held power in Gaul.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concerned with worldly or political rather than spiritual or religious matters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of Frankish rulers including Pepin and Charlemagne lasting from 751 to 987.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A peasant or serf family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Metal or leather loops that hang from a saddle and hold a rider's feet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A leather seat that kept a warrior firmly seated on a moving horse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A body of officials who perform religious services such as priests, ministers or rabbis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sacred rituals performed by the Catholic Church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Church's own body of laws applying to religious teachings, clergy behavior, and moral issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An empire established in Europe in the 10th century A.D., mainly consisting of lands in what is now Germany and Italy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The location of the castle where Henry IV stood barefoot for three days waiting for Pope Gregory VII.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compromise between the king and the Pope regarding the appointment of bishops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A battle between the Lombard League and Frederick's forces where foot soldiers defeated mounted knights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An alliance of Italian merchants and the pope against Frederick I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of selling church offices or roles.</p> Signup and view all the answers