allegiance, allodium, armor, authority
bailiff, banquet, barbarian, battle, benevolences, Black Death, bloodshed, boundary, bravery, bubonic plague, bulwark
capture, carousel, castle, chain mail, chamberlain, chivalry, civil, civilization, class, clergy, combat, commune, company, competition, conflict, conquer, constable, control, corvée, cottage, cotter, craftsmen, Crusade, crusade, custom
Dark Ages, defense, demesne, disease, dispute, distrust, draft, droit de seigneur
ecclesiastic, empire
famine, farming, fealty, fear, feud, feudal, fief, fighting, forfeiture, fortification, frontier
Galileo, geld, gest, glory, goodwill, grange, guild
Holy Land, homage, household, hovel, hue and cry
illness, imposed, indulgence, influence, institution, invasion
jongleur, journey
keep, king, kingdom, knight
land, landlord, legend, levy, liege, lord, loyalty
magnificence, manor, medieval, merchant, mercy, minstrel, missionary, monastery, Muslim, mutual aid
nobility, noble
official, ordeal, overcome, overlord, ownership
pasture, peasant, peril, period, pilgrimage, pledge, poet, poverty, prowess
quitrent
region, religion, respect, restriction, rights, Roman Empire, royal, rule, ruler
seneschal, serf, shield, shire, skirmish, spear, squire, steward, strength, strengthen, stronghold, subject, superstition, sword
tale, tax, tenant, thane, tithe, tournament, townspeople, tradition, training, tribesmen, troubadour
unify
valor, vassal, village, violence
wandering, war, warfare, warrior, wealth
zeal
Medieval History, Feudalism Lesson Plan and discussion
1. Imagine you lived in medieval times as a peasant. What would life be like in your village? Name some challenges people would face to survive.
2. Imagine you lived in medieval times as a noble. How would you treat the peasants? Name some good things you would do for them.
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