manor, A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord.large estate ruled by a lord, fief, Pieces of land given to vassals by their lord, medieval times, Time period from roughly 500-1500. Also known as "middle ages.", feudalism, A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land, knight, A man who received honor and/or land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier., vassal, an important person under the lord of a manor, can also mean a lower lordservants of the lord of a manor, minstrel, musician who entertained lords during the Middle Ages, serf, a person who is bound to the land and worked in the fields of the lords, had a right to a place to live and protection, no taxes, peasant, people who worked the land or served the nobles, did not work in the church, brandish, to wave a weapon in a vigorous fashion, moat, a deep trench that surrounded a castle or a city wall, squire, second stage of knighthooda nobleman acting as a knights assistant, caring for horses, train with weapons, and go to battle, joust, A tournament event when two knights on horseback charge at each other with lances and try to break them, heraldry, the use of symbols or emblems during the middle ages; often worn on shields, cloaks, and cloths draped over horses, portcullis, grate-like structure in a castle gatehouse that can be lowered for greater securityiron gate to a castle, chivalry, A code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion, page, A young noble boy about the age of 7 - 14 who trained to be a knight. Learned how to fight & ride a horse, falconry. Often took care of horses during battle.first stage of becoming a knight (age 7), coat of arms, a particular use of heraldry to represent the identity of an individual

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