1.6 - Developments in Europe Flashcards
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Feudalism
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Political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king in exchange for loyalty
2
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Fiefs
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Estate of land (provided economic self-sufficiency)
3
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Serfs
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peasants tied to a land
4
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Three-field system
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Crops were rotated through three fields (Agriculture became more efficient)
5
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Absolutist
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Form of gov. where monarch rules unhindered
6
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Estates-General
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body to advise King that included rep. from each of the 3 legal estates
7
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Magna Carta
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Required the king to respect certain rights - increased the rights of English nobility but not general pop.
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