Medieval Europe Terms Flashcards

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Vassal
A noble who served a lord of higher rank
Guild
Medieval business groups formed by craftsmen and merchants
Clergy
They were people who had been ordained as priests.
Scholasticism
A new way of thinking that used reason to explore questions of faith.
Missionary
A person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others
Fjord
A steep sided valley that is an inlet of the sea
Fief
Under Feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty
Heresy
The term for religious beliefs that conflict with church teachings
Reconquista
This was the struggle by Christians to take back the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims
Feudalism
A political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals
Excommunicate
To declare that a person or group no longer belongs to the church
Knight
In the Middle Ages, a warrior who fought on horseback
Concordat
An agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country
Plague
A disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
Serf
A peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble