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36 Cards in this Set
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Fief
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A feudal estate of which the lord exercises control.
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Feudal System
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System of government in which local rulers swore allegiance to their monarch in return for control over
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Manor
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Unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court.
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Vassal
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A person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant : one in a
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Secular
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Not specifically religious.
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Clergy
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A group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions.
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Priest
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One authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion.
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Self-Sufficient
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Being able to sustain life through raising your food and making your tools and clothes.
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Angles-Saxons
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A member of the Germanic peoples conquering England in the fifth century A.D. and forming the ruling class until the Norman conquest.
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Vikings
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Norsemen plundering the coasts of Europe in the 8th to 10th centuries.
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Magyars
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A member of the dominant people of Hungary.
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Scandinavia
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Denmark, Norway, Sweden —sometimes also considered to include Iceland.
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Russia
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Slavic land of eastern Europe and western Asia ruled by
Vikings. |
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Franks
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West Germanic tribal confederacy that entered the Roman provinces in A.D. 253, occupied the Netherlands and most of Gaul.
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Disrupt
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To throw into disorder or to interrupt the normal course or unity.
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Medieval
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Middle Ages.
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Urban
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Relating to a city.
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Rural
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Relating to the country, country people or life.
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Black Death
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A severe epidemic of plague and especially bubonic plague that occurred in Asia and Europe in the 14th century.
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Czar
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Ruler of Russia.
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Magna Carta
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A charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to sign in June 1215 at Runnymede.
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Moors
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Spanish Muslims.
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Paris
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Named the capital city of France.
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Reconquista
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Reconquest of the Muslim areas of Spain.
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Common Law
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Body of English law based on tradition and court decisions not specific written laws.
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Nation State
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A body of people composed of one or more nationalities under the same government.
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Evolution
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The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
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Parliament
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The highest lawmaking body of a political unit.
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Norman Conquest
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William of Normandy invaded England and became
King giving land to his Norman Vassals in return for their military service. |
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Mongols
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Asian invaders who conquered much of known world.
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Centralized
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To concentrate by placing power and authority in a center.
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Crusaders
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European Christians who undertook a series of military
expeditions – nine in all – to recover the holy land of Jerusalem from the Muslims. |
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Sack
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To come into contact with something or attack.
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Stimulate
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To arouse to activity.
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Scarcity
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Lack of provisions for support of life.
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Serf
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A member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner.
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