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11 Cards in this Set
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king arthur
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legendary leader of britian in the middle ages inspired epic poems and stories
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vassal
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less powerful noble who promises to fight for a lord in exchange for a piece of land from the lords fief
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tournaments
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a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
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three field system
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way of farming where farmer allows one field to be unused and rotated
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canon law
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law under the authority of the church
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clovis
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king of the franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the frankish monarchy
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excommunication
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the act of banishing a member of the church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church
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feudalism
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the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C
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code of chivalry
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rules that knights had to live by
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serf
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a person who is bound to the land and owned by feudal lord
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illuminated manuscripts
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