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18 Cards in this Set
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Code of Chivalry s |
– strict rules of conduct followed by medieval knight
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Barter
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– to exchange goods without using money
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clergy
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– people of the church (bishops, priests, etc.)
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excommunication |
– the power to expel someone from the Christian Church, which kept them out of heaven |
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fallow |
– when land is left unplanted so that it can renew its nutrients |
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fief |
– a parcel of land that is granted from a lord to a vassal |
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feudalism |
– a political system based on the bonds of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
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guilds
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– groups of people who did the same type of job. Ex: carpenters, bakers, masons
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homage
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- the ceremony in which a vassal pledged loyalty to a lord
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lord |
– a person who granted lands to others who would then owe him labor, taxes, & military service
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Magna Carta
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– document signed by King John I of England granting rights to his nobles
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Manors
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– self-sufficient medieval communities
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monasteries |
-isolated communities of monks |
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monks
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-men who gave up all worldly possessions to live a completely religion life outside of society |
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nobility
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– the land-owning upper class of medieval times
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secular |
-non-religious |
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serf
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-a lower-class peasant who was tied to the land |
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vassal
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-someone who was granted land by a lord, to whom they then owed labor, taxes |
