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30 Cards in this Set
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Period of Decline
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Dark Age
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An agreement made by negotiation.
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Treaty
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A lords estate including on or more villages and the surrounding land.
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Manor
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Peasent bound to the lords land.
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Serf
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Person of low social status.
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Peasant
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Lord who has granted land in exchange for military service and loyalty.
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Vassal
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Estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange fo military service and loyalty.
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Fief
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Noble who served as a mounted warrior for a lord.
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Knight
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Code of conduct for Knights.
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Chivalry
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Loosly organized system of gov't in which local lords govern their own lands in return for military service to a greater lord.
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Feudalism
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Economic system based around a lords estate or manor.
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Manorialism
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Wandering poem in Europe.
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Troubadour
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Wordly, not religious.
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Secular
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Everyday language of the common people.
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Vernacular
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Body of laws of a church.
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Canon Law
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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church.
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Excommunication
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Excommunication of an entire town, region, or kingdom.
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Interdict
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Payment to church equal to one tenth of one's salary.
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Tithe
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Establisment for monks.
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Monastery
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Believer of Christianity.
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Christian
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Follower of Islam.
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Muslim
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Prejudice against Jews.
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Anti-Semitism
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Money or wealth.
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Capital
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Practice of lending money with interest.
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Usuary
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Pardon for sins commited during a person's lifetime.
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Indulgences
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Association of merchants or artisans who cooperate to protect interests.
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Guild
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Young person learning a trade from a master.
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Apprentice
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Plowed and tilled but not planted on during growing season.
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Fallow
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Style of European Church architecture characterized by pointed arches and flying butresses.
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Gothic
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Architectural style developed prior to the Gothic style. Use of round arch and substitution of piers for columns.
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Romanesque
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