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17 Cards in this Set
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usually to do with knights.
-Local lords replaced authority of kings -represents privatization of power |
feudalism
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Vassals offer service to stronger men (lords) in exchange for something. Usually land.
-honorable relationship between warriors |
feudalism
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Duties of Vassal
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-military service
-guard duty -court duty -hospitality |
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fiefs might pass from father to son
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Capitulation of Kiersey
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Vassal subdivides fief and hires vassals of his own
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Subinfeudation
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Liege lord-primary lord-based on which fief is most important to you.
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Subinfeudation
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Substitution of money payment for personal (military) service
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Bastard Feudalism
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gets a third of the land.
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Demense lands
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inherited divisions of country side
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Manorialism
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lord gets to sleep with brides on their wedding night. Brides father must pay a fine if woman is not a virgin.
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leyrwite
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if woman gets pregnant before marriage, father must pay a fine to lord.
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childwite
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Ethical system developed by knights reflects virtues appropriate for knights.
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Chivalry
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Feudal Chilvary
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-courage
-loyalty -strength -it is thought that you should be courteous to your prisoners. Treated as an honored guest. |
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Religious Chilvary
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-defenders of the faith
-must be protectors of women and children |
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Peace of God
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-Designated classes of noncombatants-should not attack clergymen, women, unarmed peasants, and merchants.
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-Established periods during which no fighting was to take place.
-sunrise Monday to sunset Thursday mid-May to mid-September |
Truce of God
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-Better knight if you idolize women. Peasant women are not included because they are not sophisticated enough to understand courtly love.
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Courtly love
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