Chapter 9 Vocab

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Section 1: Wergild

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The amount paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she injured or killed.

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Ordeal

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A divine intervention in which was said to protect those who are innocent.

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Bishopric

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Diocese or office of a bishop.

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Pope

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The bishop of Rome and leader of the church who were known to be Peter's successors.

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Monk

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A man who separates himself from ordinary society to dedicate himself to God.

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Monasticism

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The practice of living the life of a monk.

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Missionary

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A person sent out to carry a religious message.

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Nun

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Women who withdrew from the world to dedicate themselves to God.

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Abbess

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Those who were superior to Nuns and were in charge of convents in which Nuns lived in.

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Section 2: Feudalism

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A political and social order used to find a powerful lord who could offer protection in return for service.

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Feudal contract

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A set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal.

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Vassal

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A man who served a lord in a military capacity.

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Knight

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Heavily armored Calvary.

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Fief

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The grant of land made to a vassal.

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Tournament

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Contests where knights could demonstrate their fighting skills.

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Chivalry

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An ideal of civilized behavior among the nobility.

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Section 3: Common Law

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Law that was common to the whole kingdom.

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Parliament

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democratic governments legislature.

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Magna Carta

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A document constituting rights and privileges.

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Estate

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Many social groups organized by the political powers people attain.

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Section 4: Patriarch

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The male head or one in charge.

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Schism

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A split or division between strongly opposed sections.

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Crusades

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A medieval military expedition made by Europeans to gain Holy land back from the Muslims.

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Infidel

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A person who does not believe in religion.

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Section 1 continued: Clovis

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A paleo-Indian culture of central and North America dated back to about 11,500-11,000 years ago.

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Pepin

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King of the Franks during 751 till his death.

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Gregory I

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A pope also called Saint Gregory the Great who was known well for his writings.

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Charlemagne

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King of the Franks who united Western Europe during the middle ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany.

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Saint Benedict

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The Benedict or leader of Norcia and is honored for being the patron saint of Europe.

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Carolingian Empire

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the empire of the Franks ruled by the carolingian dynasty.

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Section 2 continued: Magyars

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A member of a people who originated in the Urals and migrated westward to what is now Hungary.

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Hungary

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A landlocked country in Central Europe and is boarded by Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Serbia, Austria and Croatia.

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Vikings

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Scandinavian seafaring pirates who raided and settled in northwestern Europe.

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Normandy

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A geographical region in France that is divided into two regions: Lower and Upper Normandy.

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Eleanore of Aquitaine

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One of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe in the middle ages.

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Section 3 continued: William of Normandy

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The first Norman King of England.

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Henry II

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A ruler who ruled as Count of anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine and many more.

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Thomas a Becket

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Archbishop of Canterbury. He is seen as a saint by the catholic church and the Anglican communion.

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Paris

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The capitol and most populous city in France.

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Phillip II Augustus

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Capetian king of France who reigned from 1180 to 1223.

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Otto I

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He was a German King and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 until 973.

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Slavs

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An Indo-European ethnolinguistic group living in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, North Asia and Central Asia.

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Kiev

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The capitol and largest city in Ukraine.

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Alexander Nevsky

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Served as Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev, and Grand Prince of Vladimir.

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Section 4 continued: Constantinople

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The capitol city of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires.

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Justinian

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A byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. He revived the empires greatness and tried to reconquer the lost western half of the Roman empire.

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Palestine

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A geographic region in western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

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Syria

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A company in western Asia boarding Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, and Israel to the southwest.

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Balkans

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A geographical region, also called a peninsula, located in southeast Europe.

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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A French abbot and the primary builder of the Cistercian order.

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Saladin

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The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty.

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Pope Innocent III

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One of the most powerful and influential popes that ruled from January 8 1198 till his death.