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lay investiture
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the feudal ceremony of investiture performed by a person who is not a member of the clergy
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guild
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an association of people who work at the same occupation
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schism
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a division in a church or religious group
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Age of Faith
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(1000 to 1300) hundreds of cathedrals built, church leaders exerted enormous political and economic influence in Europe, time of increasing material prosperity, growth of civilization
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tithe
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a contribution to the church of one tenth of a family's yearly income of produce
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Slavs
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group of nomads who migrated into eastern Europe from Asia; at war with Byzantines for possession of Balkan peninsula + land around Black Sea
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canon law
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the law of the Roman Catholic Church
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vassal
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a person who recieves land from a lord and pledges military service in return
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charter
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in the Middle Ages, a written list of special privilages tax exemptions, and rights granted to a town
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crusade
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a military expedition to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks
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Charlemagne
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most power king of western Europe; he delt as an equal with Byzantine Empire
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Patriarch
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Bishop of Constantinople
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feudalism
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a political and military system based on the holding of land, with an emphasis on local protection, local government, and local self-sufficiency
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excommunicate
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to cut off from the Church
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interdict
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an order from the pope prohibiting Church ceremonies in the lands of a ruler who is disobedient to the pope
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John Wycliffe
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Englishman + famous thinker that responded to the Church crisis
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Justinian
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emperor of Byzantine empire from 527 to 565; tried to reconquer Roman lands; ordered a team of scholars to compile + simplify the laws; undertook a massive building program in Constantinople
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Hundred Years War
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France vs. England; started 10 years before Black Death outbreak; feudal warfar-during new weapons
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fief
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the piece of land given to a vassal by a lord
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Urban II
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claimed to be leader of all Christendom; hoped to reunite Byzantine and Roman Christians
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nation-state
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a group of people who occupy a definite territory and are united under one government
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Muhammad
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businessman + religious, meditated outside Mecca + thoguth he was a prophet because he had visions of Allah, monotheist
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missi dominici
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Royal agents of Charlemagne, who checked on the ruling counts
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parliament
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was truly a national essembly; members put their loyalty ahead of local ties
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Black Death
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plague that killed 25 million people + doctors couldn't help
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simony
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the buying and selling of church offices
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Magna Carta
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variety of promises->to respect th right and privileges of the city of London, promised merchants the right to travel freely in + out of England, + granted basic legal rights to both in England and the United States
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Turks
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nomadic people form central Asia
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manor
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a small estate from which a lord's family gained its livelihood
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