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Middle Ages
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the era in european history that followed to fall of the Roman Emprire, lasting from about 500 to 1500- also called the medieval period
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Franks
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Germanic people that lived in roughly present day France
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monastery
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a religious community where monks lived
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secular
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concerning with worldly rather than spiritual matters
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Carolingian Dynasty
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A dynasty with frankish rulers
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Benedict and Scholastica
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and italian munk and nun who gave their lived to god and wrote practical yet firm rules of monastery life
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pope
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the head of the catholic church
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Pope Gregory I
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head of the church in rome and broadened the authority of the papacy into a more secular role
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Charles Martel
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frankish official knowm as Chales the Hammer; father of pepin the short
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Pepin the Short
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son of Charles Martel who shrewdly cooperated with the pope to fight the Lombard just to become king
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Charlemagne
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son of Pepin th Short and spread Christianity even farther than the Byzantine Empire. defended pope Leo II from attack in Rome
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feife
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an estate granted by a lord to a vassal
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vassal
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a person who recieved a grant of land from a lord in exchange for loyalty
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lord
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a person who controlled land and could grant estates
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knight
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an armored warrior who fought on horseback
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serf
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a medieval peasant who was bound to live on the lord's estate
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manor
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a lord's estate in fuedal europe
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tithe
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payment of one-tenth of income to the church
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Viking, Magyar, and Muslim invasions
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invasions in europe that forced Europe to embrace feudalism
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chivalry
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a code of behavior for knights in medieval europe- ideals of courage, loyalty, and devotion
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tournament
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a mock battle between knights
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troubadour
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a medieval poet and musician who wrote songs of love
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clergy
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a body of officials who preform religious services
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sacrament
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oneof the Christian ceremonies in which God's grace is transmitted to the people
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canon law
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the laws practiced by the Christian church
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Holy Roman Empire
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established in Europe (now Germany and Italy)
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Lay investiture
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the appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles
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Otto I
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made the Holy Roman Empire
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Henry IV vs. Pope Gregory VII
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drama between two men -one pope and one emporer-; humiliated
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Concordat of Worms
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church could appoint bishop, but the emporer could veto it
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Fredrick I
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forceful pope- germany was brought down and fell to peices
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simony
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the selling or buying of a position in church
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Goth
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the style or church architecture in medieval europe
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Urban II
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pope that issued the "holy war" to gain Jerusalem back from the Muslims
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Crusade
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the expeditions of medieval christiants to gain holy sites back
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Saladin
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muslim leader; claimed Jerusalem back from Christians
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Richard the Lion-Hearted
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led the crusaders in the third crusade
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Reconquista
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Christian leaders drove muslims out of spane
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Inquisition
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Roman Catholic tribunal; persecuted charges of heresy
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Three-field system
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advanced farming that allowed farmer to use 2/3 instead of 1/2
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guild
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association of people working in the same occupation
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apprentice
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begining level of training in the craft guild
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journeyman
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second level day worker in guild. had to be accepted by guild to become a master
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master
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the highest level in a guild
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Commercial Revolution
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the expansion of trade and business
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burgher
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a medieval merchant-class town dweller
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vernaculer
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the everyday language of people in a region or country
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Thomas Aquinas
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relgious scholar that argued that most basic religious truths could be proved logically
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scholastics
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scholars who gathered and taught in universities
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