EXPLORING LIFE, DEATH AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN MEDIEVAL TIMES
Key Words Anti-Semitism Apprentice Black Death Chivalry Curfew
Feudalism Fief
Freemen
Gothic and Romanesque
Guild Keep
Knight Manor Medieval society Monastery
Motte and bailey castles
Nunnery Peasant
5 hatred of the Jews
a person learning a trade or craft for a number of years plague caused by fleas on rats which spread in the Middle Ages
the code of behaviour of knights during the Middle Ages or medieval times a rule confining people to their own homes after a particular time at night system of land ownership and government during the Middle Ages land given by a king to a lord (vassal) in the Middle Ages (medieval times) peasants who paid a money rent and could move away whenever they wanted to
styles of architecture in the Middle Ages with pointed arches and windows (Gothic) or rounded windows and doors (Romanesque)
a trade association in the Middle Ages for craftsmen and merchants a fortified tower within a castle
a mounted soldier in armour trained to fight for his king in the Middle Ages (medieval times); trained as pages and squires, then dubbed
a village and the land around it in the Middle Ages
life in the Middle Ages or medieval times – centuries between Ancient Rome and the Renaissance
building that is occupied by monks in a religious order
castles built of timber in early medieval times with a mound (motte) and a courtyard (bailey)
convent; building that is occupied by nuns in a religious order
small farmer or farm labourer, who rented land to grow crops or keep animals; often poorer class in the countryside
Pillory and stocks timber frames used in medieval times for punishment when people had their heads locked in place (pillory) or their legs locked in place (stocks)
Rule of St Benedict rules for monasteries and nunneries in medieval times (Middle Ages) Serf
a peasant who worked the land for a lord in the Middle Ages, and had to have the permission of their lord to leave the village