Social studies, chapter 1 vocab

Black Death

the bubonic plage

renaissance

re-birth of ideas, & skills

feudalism

the system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owed the and all others served him

hierarchy

a social system in which status is ranked and power is concentrated in the higher ranks

noble

lord of matter

allegiance

loyalty to the king

manor

a piece of land sometimes called a flief

freeman

peasants who rented land or worked for pay

serfs

peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor

monastery

building the lands in which monks lived and carried out their religious duties

journeyman

a person who had learned to trade umps

sumptuary law

the king wouldn’t allow merchants to have nice clothes everyone was showing off so much

tithe

a portion of crops or percentages of earning paid to the church

monastic

the way of life lived by monks and nuns that invites spending time each day staying religious texts praying and caring our religion work & duties