• Feudalism
   studies the relationship between landowners and warriors; terms used by historians to describe governmental system government and social institutions 

• feudal compact-
  An arrangement between a lord and this vassal involving the exchange of property for personal service

• fief- property lord gives this to a knight to become his vassal in the compacth

• vassal- servant

• knight- p
  erson granted an honorary title

• homage-
  a vassal's act of promising loyalty and obedience to his lord

• serf-
  A member of the lowest feudal class ( cant get out of it)

• baron-
   were lords of large territories who usually paid homage to a king, next step higher then lord

• peasantry- a place where peasants live

• estates-
  In the Middle Ages, the groups that made up society; often defined as those, who pay, and those who work

• manor-
  The principal farming property and social unit of a medieval community, usually belonging to a member of the feudal nobility or to a Church institution.

• three-field-system- 2 spots of farm plant and one rest and it goes in a rotation

• internal colonization- the process of cultivating and setting in formerly wild and in medieval Europe how they settled

• suburb-
  urban area 

• guild-
  An organization of merchants or craftspeople who regulated the activities of their members and set standards prices

• master- A craftsman who the right to operate workshops, train others, and vote on guild business

• journeyman-
  licensed artisan who had served an apprenticeship and who was employed by a master and paid at a fixed rater per day

• apprentice-
  A "Learner" in the shop of a master

• masterpiece

• water mill- st
  ructure that uses a water wheel

• iron plow