Medieval

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Feudalism

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The political and social organization of the Middle Ages. Nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service

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Lords And Vassals

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The Lord owned the labd that the Vassal used and lived on. They provided military protection, and if a vassal died the lord acted as a Guardian to their family.

Vassals must spend 40 dats a year guarding the Lords castle. Helped deliver justice in the Lord's Court. (this is just some of the things they did)

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Lords and Serfs

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The Lord protects the Serfs in war and in raids. Provided them land and modest homes. And they could seize their land if they met their obligations.

Serfs spent three days a wekk farming the Lords field, digging their moat and repairing the castle/roads. They also paid annual taxes, and paid fees to use the Lord's roads, bridges, mill (grinding grain), oven (baking bread) etc

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Medieval

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Comes from Latin words Medium Aevum, meaning the "the middle age"

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Crusades

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A seires of holy wars against non Christians, mostly Muslims.

The Crusades were an attempt to sieze Jerusalem (the site where Jesus preached), and from the Muslims who at the time controlled it. In 1099 (started in 1071) they conquered the holy land and Jerusalem, which wad the First Crusade (and the only successful one).

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Joan Of Arc

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She claimed to have a mesage from gd that told her to save France, and asked King Charles for commans of the army at Orléans (he agreed). She won that battle and when she died in 1431 (born 1412) she became a Martyr.

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Hundred Years' War

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The war was a bunch of conflicts from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, (rulers of the Kingdom of England) against the French House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France

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Magna Carta

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A charter signed by the king in 1215 and detailed the rights the people had and what he had to do for them.

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Frankish Kingdom

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The largest and most powerful kingdom in Medieval Times, and the territory stretched from the Pyrenees Mountains to Center Europe.

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Black Death

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A deadly plague spread from fleas on rats that took out a third of Europe's population

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Parish

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A parish consisted of a small church and house for a preist and served the faithful of the village

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Usury

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The practice of charging interest on loaned money

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Tithe

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A tax collected by the priest from all church memebrs (one tenth of a person's income) and helped pay for the Priests services and fund Churches, Hospitals and Schools

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Doctrine

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The churches teachings set by the Pope

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Excommunication

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A dismall from the Church and its sacraments. Treated as outcasts and lost property

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Sacraments

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The route of forgiveness for a person's sins. (:/ yes because original sin makes sense)

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Purgatory

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Where souls atone for their sins before being allowed in Heaven

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Priest

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Ran churches and performed blessings and baptisms.

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Archbishop

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Governed dioceses (groups of parishes)

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Bishop

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Cardinal

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Select popes, and advised him

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Prope

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Head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Heresy

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Belief or opinion contrary to religious (especially Christian) doctrine. (thanks google)

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Heretics

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Peopel who held different beliefs then thr church or questioned Doctrine

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Inquisition

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The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. (the textbook didn't really define it)

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Code Of Chivalry

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Required knights to act as men of honour. Had to fight fairly, uphold and defend Christianity and be generous to the poor and weak

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Vernacular

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Everyday language used by a country or place

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Charlemagne

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Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany. He embarked on a mission to unite all Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects to Christianity.

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Thomas Becket

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Thomas Becket, also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

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Alchemy

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