Medieval Europe

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Feudalism

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A system of contracts between serfs, lords, knights and kings.

It was the economic system that dominated medieval Europe.

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The Great Chain if Being

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The ladder of how close you were to God that also reflected your social status

The church used this to keep the peasants and other lower classes in place.

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The Pope

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The leader and ultimate ruler of the Christian Church

Was a major political and religious figure in Europe at the time that had a lot of power.

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Chivalry

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The ideal civilized behavior that emerged among the knights and nobility in the 11th and 12th century under the influence of the church.

This is what the knights followed and used as a way of life for them.

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Secular Authority

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Secular authority was authority by rulers of smaller estates within a country. Secular meaning non religious.

Secular authority always battled with Religious authority over power.

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Papal Authority

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Authority by the Pope and Church about laws and taxes.

Battled against secular authority and cause of many issues at the time.

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Scapegoat

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The group of people that are unrightfully blamed for an event.

Jews were blamed for the Black Plague.

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Black Death

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The Plague that killed almost 50% of the European population in the mid 14th century.

Set of a rapid chain of political shifts and changes. Also changed the peoples view on religion.

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The Hundred Years War

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The War between France and England that lasted 116 years over who had more authority.

It was the start of a constant rivalry between the two countries. Killed many I'm both sides, but France won.

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Joan of Arc

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The woman who led France to victory in the Hundred Years Way after a revelation from God.

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Parliment

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The governmental institution in a few medieval countries that made representative decisions on political matters.

Was the start of a major centralization if power in England towards Parliament rather than the king.

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Vernacular Literature

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This type of literature was made by writers like Dante and Boccocio during the medieval times. It was the first sophisticated revival of literature in a long period of time.

Instead of Latin, writers would use the language of that region and literature became more widely understandable.

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Petrach

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A medieval writer who wrote poems in vernacular during medieval times. In his poems he usually wrote about women.

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Gender Roles

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Stereotypical jobs taken on by genders.

Gender roles were strengthened in the Middle Ages; women were more oppressed than they were.

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The Great Schism

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The brief split within the Catholic Church caused by a disagreement between 2 simultaneous popes.

Showed the constant rivalry between France and England. They each picked opposite sides.

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The German Monarchy

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A king would be elected, through a council of lords, in Germany and he would eventually become the Holy Roman Emperor.