Feudalism

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Feudalism

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Dominant social system in Medieval Europe in which nobility held lands from the crown in exchange for military services.

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Monarch

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n
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a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
2.
a sole and absolute ruler of a state or nation.

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Noble

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1.
distinguished by rank or title.
2.
pertaining to persons so distinguished.
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of, belonging to, or constituting a hereditary class that has special social or political status in a country or state; of or pertaining to the aristocracy.

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Knight

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a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
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(in Europe in the Middle Ages) a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.
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any person of a rank similar to that of the medieval knight.

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Peasant

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a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.

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heraldry

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The system by which coat of arms and other armorial bearings are device and regulated.
Heraldic symbols

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Chivalry

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the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.

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Cadency

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. the line of descent from a younger member of a family

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Divine right

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The divine right of kings or divine-right theory of kingship is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God.