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16 Cards in this Set
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Holy Roman Empire |
A political and religious uniting of Europe that began in 800AD |
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Missionary |
Someone sent on a religious mission |
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Three Field System |
Way of farming where farmers allows one field to be unused and rotated. |
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Monastery |
A place for religious people to live and study |
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Germanic tribes |
Barbarians that attacked the Roman Empire |
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Pope |
The head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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Serf |
A person bound to land and owned by feudal lord |
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Feudalism |
The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th Century |
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Tithes |
Percentage of earnings, Wealth, or belonginga paid to the church |
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Canon law |
Laws under authority of the church |
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Excommunication |
The act of banishment from the holy church |
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Vassal |
Less powerful noble who promises noble to fight for a lord in exchange for a piece of land |
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Fief |
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Charlemagne |
Charles the great became holy roman emperor who worked to bring political order to the Roman Empire |
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Code of chivalry |
Rules that knight had to live by. |
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Tournaments |
A series of joust between Knights contesting for a prize |
