Knight
Estate
Serf
Peasant
Fief/Fiefdom
Homage/Vassalage
Clergy
The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
An agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on his lord's estate.
An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service; a fee.
Formal public acknowledgement of feudal allegiance. For example: a man doing homage to his personal lord.
In the Medieval Ages a man who served his lord as a mounted soldier in armour.
A social class forming part of the body politic. One of the three groups constituing the social classes in the Medieval Ages: nobility, clergy and common people. They are also known as the three estates.
An agricultural labourer of low social status, non privileged people. Mostly, they are submitted to nobility and clergy.
