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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Lord

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Landowner

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Fief

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Granted land

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Vassal

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Person receiving a fief

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Knights

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Mounted warriors who pledged to defend their lord’s lands in exchange for fiefs

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Serfs

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People who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born. Though bound to the land, they were not slaves

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Manor

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Lord’s estate

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Tithe

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Church tax. Peasants owed this & it was one-tenth of their income

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Feudalism

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A military and political system based on land ownership and personal loyalty

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