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Excommunicate
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When the Church kicks someone out of the Church and says God won't speak to them
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Charlemagne
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The leader of the Franks starting in 768
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Vikings
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any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europefrom the 8th to 10th centuries
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5Feudalism
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Feudalism was a European political system in which a king owned all the land and give parts to the lords while vassals and serfs farmed it. Feudalism ended in the 1400s.
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Manor
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A typical manor would include a Manor House which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived
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Lord
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A person who had more power than the vassals, knights, peasants, and serfs but less than the king, had lots of land
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Vassals
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A person granted the use of land, in return forrendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalentto a lord
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Knights
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Someone who fights for his king and lord
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Medieval Period
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The Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century
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Serf
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A poor person who is linked to the land and is not allowed to leave
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Guild
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An association the included people of the same craft or trade
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Chivalry
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A set of rules for knights such as how to treat people
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Troubours
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Traveling poets
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Black Death
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A bubonic plague that killed 1/3 to 2/3 of Europe from 1347 to 1351
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Crusades
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The Roman Catholics went to recapture "The Holy Land"
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Jerusalem
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The Holy Land for the Christians, Jews, and Muslims
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Pilgrims
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Someone who goes on a religious journey to a holy place
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