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Middle ages |
Period in Western Europe history between the collapse of the Roman empire and the Renaissance |
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Medieval |
Term that describes the period A.D 500 to 1500 in western European history also known as the middle ages |
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Feudalism |
Political system of local government based on the granting of land in return for loyalty military assistance and other services |
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Vassal |
Person granted land from the Lord in return for services |
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Fief |
Grants of land given by a feudal lord to a vassal |
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Primogeiture |
System under which only the eldest son could inherit his father's property |
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Manor |
Economic unit of the early Middle Ages a large estate that included a manor house pasture fields and a village |
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Serfs |
Persons bound to the land who cannot leave without permission |
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Chivalry |
Code of conduct for knights |
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Sacraments |
Special ceremonies at which participants receive the direct favor or grace of God to help them ward off the consequences of sin |
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Monasticism |
Way of life in monasteries and convents in which Christians withdraw from the world to lead a life of prayer fasting and self denial |
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Abbot |
Elected head of the monastery |
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Canon law |
Church code of law |
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Interdict |
Church punishment of an entire region involving closing churches and withholding sacraments |
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Tithe |
Church tax collected from Christians in early times are presented 1/10 of the income later became a gift to a church representing one 10th of a person's income |
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Simony |
Purchase of the church position common during early medieval times |
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Inquisition |
Institution of the Roman Catholic Church that sought to eliminate heresy by seeking out and punishing heretics |
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Shires |
Governmental districts in early England |
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Magna Carta |
English document intended to protect the liberties of nobles |
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Common-law |
Law based on judges decisions rather than on a code of statues |
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Clovis |
Became king of a Frankish tribe in A.D. 481 his successors were called Merovingians he was brutal but became a military leader they control all of Northern Gaul became a strong supporter of Christianity |
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Merovingians |
Successors of Clovis but they all were weak kings |
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Charles Martel |
Pepins son succeeded him as the mayor of the palace and 732 his Calvery defeated the Moore's died in 741 |
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Pepin the short |
Crown king in 751 also known as Pepin the third he started the Carolingian dynasty where a king gets blessed during a coronation |
