Vocab Ch. 7 Rise Of Europe

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Clovis

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A king who won many battles

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Medieval

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Referring to the Middle Ages in Europe or the period of history between ancient and modern times

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Franks

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A Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s

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Charles Martel

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Rallied Frankish warriors

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Battle of Tours

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Battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks led by Charles Martel defeated Muslim armies and stopped the Muslim advance into Europe

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Charlemagne

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Charles the Great

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Magyars

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An ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary

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Vikings

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Scandinavian people whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s

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Feudalism

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Loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owned military service and other support to greater lord

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Vassal

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In medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

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Feudal Contract

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Exchange of pledges between lords and vassals

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Fief

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In medieval Europe, an estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty

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Knight

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A European noble who served as a mounted warrior

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Tournament

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A mock battle in which knights would compete against one another to display their fighting skills

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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Troubadour

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A wandering poet or singer of medieval Europe

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Manor

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During the Middle Ages in Europe, a lord's estate which included one or more villages and the surrounding lands

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Serf

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In medieval Europe, a peasant bound to the lord's land

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Sacrament

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Sacred ritual of Roman Catholic Church: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Anointing, Confession, Orders

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Benedictine Rule

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Rules drawn up in 530 by Benedict, a monk, regulating monastic life. The Rule emphasizes obedience, poverty, and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work, and study

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Secular

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having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters; nonreligious

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Papal Supremacy

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The claim of Medieval popes that they had authority over all secular rulers

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Canon Law

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Body of laws of a church

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Excommunication

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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law

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Interdict

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In the Roman Catholic Church, excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom

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Friar

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A medieval European monk who traveled from place to place preaching to the poor

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St. Francis of Assisi

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The first order of friars, the Franciscans, was founded by a wealthy Italian

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Charter

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In the Middle Ages, a written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

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Capital

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Money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise

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Partnerships

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A group of merchants who joined together to finance a large-scale venture that would have been too costly for any individual trader

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Tenant Farmer

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Someone who would pay rent to a lord to farm part of the lord's land

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Middle Class

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A group of people, including merchants, traders, and artisans, whose rank was between nobles and peasants

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Guild

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In the Middle Ages, an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests

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Apprentice

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A young person learning a trade from a master

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Journeymen

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A salaried worker employed by a guild master