social
allegiance
loyalty
hierarchy
a social system in which status is ranked and power is concentrated in the higher ranks
feudalism
the system of political organization during the middle ages in which the lord owns the land and all others serred him
manors
a piece of land sometimes called a fief
freeman
peasants who rented land or worked to pay
serfs
peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor without the lords permission
journey man
a person who has learned a trade and joined a guild
tithe
a portion of crops and percent or earnings paid to the church
monastery
building and lands in which monks lived and carried out religious duties
sumptuary laws
laws that controlled consumption or how people spent money