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Middle Ages
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a period from 500-1500
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Midieval
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another name for the middle ages
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St. Patrick
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First missionary to go to Northern Europe. From the mid. 400's and worked mostly in Ireland
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Monks
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religious men who live apart from the rest of the world to practice religion.
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Monasteries
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Place where monks live
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Benedict
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Person who created a code for monks
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Charlemagne
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Warrior king of the Franks from 742-814
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Knight
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warriors who fought on horseback with shiny armor
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Vassal
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A knight who promised to support a lord for land
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Feudualism
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System of promises that governed relationships between lords and vassals
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William the Counqueror
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Powerful French noble who conquered England he brought feudualism to England
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Manor
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large estate owned by a knight or lord
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Serfs
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Workers who were tied to land on which they lived
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Eleanor of Aquitane
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French Duchess with great political power became Queen of France and later England
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Excommunicate
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To be cast out from the church
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Pope Gregory the 7th
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powerful pope fought with holy roman emperor Henry the 4th overpower to choose church officals
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