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12 Cards in this Set
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Feudalism
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Political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages, when royal governments were no longer able to protect their subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for service
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Feudal Contract
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The unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal
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Vassal
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A man who served a lord in a military capacity
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Knight
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A member of the heavily armored cavalry
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Fief
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A grant of land made to a vassal; the vassal held political authority within his fief
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Tournament
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Contests where knights could show their fighting skills (joust)
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Chivalry
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Code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold
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Magyars
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People from western Asia, moved into Central Europe at the end of the ninth century, settled on the plains of Hungary, and invaded western Europe
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Hungary
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Magyars settled on the plains of Hungary
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Vikings
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North-men or Norsemen of Scandinavia; Germanic people, warriors; loved adventure, spoils of war and new avenues of trade; sacked villages and towns; easily defeated small local armies
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Normandy
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Beginning in 911, the ruler of the west Frankish lands gave one band of vikings land at the mouth of the Seine River, forming a section of France that came to be known as Normandy
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Married King Louis VII of France; marriage was annulled, then married King Henry II of England; had 8 children, Richard and John became kings of England
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