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---- is land given to a vassal by a lord.
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fief
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----- ----- is a document of rights that limited the king's power signed by King John in 1215.
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Magna Carta
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------ ---- are laws that are common to a whole kingdom, as opposed to laws that vary from place to place.
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common law
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------ -------- is a set of unwritten rules that determines the relationship between a lord and his vassal.
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feudal contract
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------ was the seperation of Christianity into two branches, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
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schism
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-------- are military expeditions made by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims.
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crusades
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-------- is a code of ethics that kinghts were supposed to uphold.
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chivalry
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A ------ is a heavily armored soldier who fought on horseback.
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knight
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A ---------- is a contest where kinghts can show their fighting skills.
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tournament
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A man who served a lord in a military capcity is a ------.
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vassal
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Each of the three social classes in France were ------.
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estate
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The head of the Eastern Orothodox Church was a ---------.
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patriarch
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A political and social system in which a powerful lord offered portection to a vassal in return for military serivce is ---------.
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feudalism
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------- are the Crusaders' term for a Muslim.
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infidel
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