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Medieval Ages Flashcards

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Tithe

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10 percent of their income to the Church (163)

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Treaty of Verdun

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divided the Frankish empire into three kingdoms

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Illumination

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decorating the first letter of a paragraph and the margins of a page with brilliant designs (164)

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Feudalism

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the system of rule by local lords who were bound to a king by ties of loyalty (166-167)

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Knight

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mounted warriors (167,169-170)

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Lord

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greater noble (167)

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Vassal

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lesser lords (167)

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Feudal Contract

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many unwritten rules governed the relationship between a lord and his vassal (167)

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Fief

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estate (167)

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Chivalry

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a code of conduct developed by feudal nobles, combined Christian values and virtues of being a warrior, dictated rules of warfare (169-170)

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Troubadour

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wandering poets (170)

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Three-Field System

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a method of crop rotation (173)

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Trial By Combat

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another knight challenged the accused to battle (174)

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Trial By Ordeal

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a painful physical test that people believed to be a way of God deciding if the accused is guilty or innocent (174)

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Manor

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a village or several villages and the surrounding lands (171-172)

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Serf

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peasants who were tied to the land (171)

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Demesne

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a reserved portion of the manor land (174)

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Bailiff

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agent (172)

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Excommunication

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people who disobeyed the Church faced this by losing their property and being treated like outcasts (176)

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Inquisition

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a special court in the Church to try people accused of heresy (176)

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Hanseatic League

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an association of about 80 large towns and cities in northern Germany that banded together for protection and trade purposes (182-183)

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Charter

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written documents that guaranteed townspeople’s rights (184)

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Guild

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an association of merchants and artisans that governed the town (184)

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