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Serf |
An agricultural worker, especially in feudal Europe, who cultivated land belonging to a landowner, and who was bought and sold with the land |
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Manor |
The lord’s estate, it was the economic and social center of the people’s lives. |
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Feudalism |
The legal and social system that existed in medieval Europe, in which vassals held land from lords in exchange for military service. |
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Crusades |
A series of “holy wars” started by the Christians of Europe in order to take control of the Holy Land. |
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Fief |
A grant of Land. |
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Lords/Nobles |
Members of the land-holding elite whooccupied a place on the social ladder just below that of the King. |
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Knight |
Mounted soldiers who pledged theirloyalty and fought for the lord in return for control of a fief or land. |
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Monarch |
Kings or queens who held absolute powerof a large state and claimed a divine right to do so. |
