Vocab

Vocab





     This assignment is part of a (rather large) project. My class and I are going to build a fiefdom by either doing it on Minecraft or building a mini model. The Minecraft building will have to be to scale, and the model will be a minimized model of a fiefdom. The fiefdom must have multiple buildings, such as a great hall, walls, kitchens, dungeons, etc.

Fiefdom

the estate or domain of a feudal lord.

Feudalism
the feudal system, or its principles and practices.

Monarch
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.

Lord
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.

Vassal
(in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.

Knight
a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.

Peasant
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.

Commoner

a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.

Serf
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.

Tradesman
a person engaged in trade.

Merchant
a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.

Castle
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.

Moat
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.

Guild
an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.

Abbey
a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.

High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages or High Medieval Period was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries (c. 1001–1300). The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500.

100 Year's War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the Kingdom of France.

Black Death
a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated quarter of the population.

Credits for definitions:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Middle_Ages
http://www.dictionary.com/