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38 Cards in this Set
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a japanese code of ethics involving couag loyaltyt and commitment to military life "the way of the warrior
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bushido
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quaalities such as honor, courtesy loyalty and fair treatment of the weak idelized by knights of the middle ages
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chivalry
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a political and economic system in which large landholders or lords gave protection in return for there service
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fuedalism
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a fuedal oath of loyalty sworn to a lord for an exchange for an award of land
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oath of fealty
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monastery
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community for monks
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an expression of public honor and respect; in fuedalism the ceremonial recognstion of allegance to a lord shown by a vassal
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homage
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armed mounted soldier of middle ages
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knight
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estate of a a medival lord
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manor
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fearless warriors from Scanddanavia
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vikings
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area where France used to be
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Gaul
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a language that is a mixture jewish and german
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yiddish
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a person that recieves land and protectionfrom a fuedal lord in return from loyalty
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vassal
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jewish place of worship
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Synagauge
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Jewish religious leader
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rabbi
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twenty years
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score
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a member of the lowest fuedal class bound to whomever owned the land
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serf
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coastal area of France on the English Channel
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Normandy
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leader of the Norman forces at Battle of Hastings
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William the COnqueror
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solemn promise
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oath
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deep trench surrounding a castle
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moat
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plow the harvest
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till
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monastry headed by an abbott
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abbey
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expression of sorrow or greif
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reap
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cloth made from flax plant
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linen
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boy who worked at trade and worked for a guild member
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apprentice
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master craftsman
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masterpiece
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attach
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affix
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boy of age 7 who begins training as a knight
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page
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boy of 13-14 that serves a knight and that soon becomes a knight
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squire
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hardwoven wall-hanging from ceiling
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tapestry
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20 inches wide, 230 feet long
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Bayeaux Tapestry
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a large fuedal estate particularly in medieval Europe
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fief
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an association of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople or artisans particularly in the middle ages
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guild
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Charlemagne's greatest scholar
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Alquin
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Little was know about this time because so little was written then
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Dark Ages
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A Jewish community in the Byzantine Empire and Rome
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Ashkenazic
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book of Jewish oral law
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Talmud
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The entire body of Jewish religious law including both sacred literature and oral tradition
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Torah
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