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18 Cards in this Set
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Barter |
to exchange goods without using money |
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clergy |
people of the church (bishops, priests, etc.) |
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Code of Chivalry |
strict rules of conduct followed by medieval knights |
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excommunication |
the power to expel someone from the Christian Church, which kept them out of heaven |
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fallow |
when land is left unplanted so that it can renew its nutrients |
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fief |
a parcel of land that is granted from a lord to a vassal |
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feudalism |
a political system based on the bonds of loyalty between a lord and a vassal |
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guilds |
groups of people who did the same type of job. Ex: carpenters, bakers, masons |
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homage |
the ceremony in which a vassal pledged loyalty to a lord |
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lord |
a person who granted lands to others who would then owe him labor, taxes, & military service |
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Magna Carta |
document signed by King John I of England granting rights to his nobles |
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Manors |
self-sufficient medieval communities |
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monasteries |
isolated communities of monks |
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monks |
men who gave up all worldly possessions to live a completely religious life outside of society |
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nobility |
the land-owning upper class of medieval times |
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secular |
non-religious |
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serf |
a lower-class peasant who was tied to the land |
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vassal |
someone who was granted land by a lord, to whom they then owed labor, taxes |