Early Middle Ages Vocab

Religious community for women known as nuns

Powerful king of the Franks who was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III

Follower of a polytheistic religion

Warrior mounted on horseback

Estate granted by a lord to a vassal

Social system where lords grant land or otherrewards in exchange for military service or labor

People who are trained and ordained for religious services

Of or relating to the Middle Ages

Person believed to be especially holy

Self-sufficient estate of a Medieval lord

Large community of Christians spread across the world

Leader of the Roman Catholic Church

Powerful group of people who controlled most of modern day France and Germany

Period between ancient and modern times, roughly between 500 and 1500 A.D.

Code of conduct in Medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest

In medieval Europe, noblemen who received land from other noblemen in return for their services

A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord