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Feudalism
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The dominant social system in medieval Europe. Nobility held lands from the crown in exchange for military service. Peasants were obliged to live on their lords land and give him homage, labor and a share of the produce nationally in exchange for military protection.
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Feudal Contract
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During middle ages economic life centered on the manor. Lords received manors from kings and other lords in return for military service.
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Vassal
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A person who has entered mutual obligation to a lord or conduct in medical Europe.
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Knight
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A man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor
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Fief
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Central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a from of feudal allegiance and service
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Tournament
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a sporting event in which two nights jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock each other off and the winner receives a prize
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Chivalry
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knightly system with its religious, moral and social code
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Magyars
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a member of a people who originated in the Urals and migrated westward to settle in what is now Hungary in the 9th century AD.
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Hungary
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Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west
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Vikings
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any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.
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Normandy
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Normandy is a geographical region of France corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Since 1956, Normandy has been divided into two administrative regions: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy
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Elanor of Aquitaine
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages and a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France.
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