VOCABULARY WORD MAP Hannah Lanier FEUDALISM Definition the

VOCABULARY WORD MAP Hannah Lanier

FEUDALISM Definition: the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. Sentence: the peasants hated the idea of feudalism because they felt like it wasn’t fair. Characteristic: Nobility Picture:

MANOR Definition: a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate Sentence: Here it sits, undisturbed, waiting for the lord of this small but cozy manor house. Characteristic: Home Picture:

MEDIEVAL Definition: of or relating to the Middle Ages. Sentence: The cafeteria where she led him looked medieval at best, a stone hall with lines of crude picnic tables and dark hearths. Characteristic: The plague Picture:

SECULAR Definition: denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. Sentence: As a relapsed heretic, he was " left to the secular arm " by Chicheley. Characteristic: Ignorant Picture:

NOBLES Definition: (especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth. Sentence: The nobles were above the peasants. Characteristic: Not poor or rich but normal Picture:

NATION STATE Definition: a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. Sentence: But, hierarchical authority really emerged with the birth of the nation-state and civilization. Characteristic: Land Picture:

PEASANTS Definition: a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation Sentence: If all was as it used to be, at one end of the orchard was the White God's palace, a place a woman raised as a peasant had never seen. Characteristic: Poor Picture:

SERFS Definition: an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate. Sentence: The situation of the former serf-proprietors is also unsatisfactory. Characteristic: Farmer of land Picture:

VASSALS Definition: a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance. Sentence: Evagoras was allowed to remain nominally king of Salamis, but in reality a vassal of Persia, to which he was to pay a yearly tribute. Characteristic: Wealthy ( because he is a holder of land) Picture:

BOURGEOISIE Definition: the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes Sentence: As a minister of the crown Roland exhibited a bourgeois brusqueness of manner and a remarkable combination of political prejudice with administrative ability. Characteristic: Middle class Picture:

POPE Definition: he bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. Sentence: The pope would have appointed Lucifer a cardinal with what was done to that woman. Characteristic: Godly Picture:

TERRACES Definition: make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps. Sentence: The windows all faced east, over another valley, and a terrace was decorated with dainty iron-scrolled chairs Characteristic: Land Picture: