Middle ages Flashcards

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Term that describes the period of western European history known as the Middle Ages

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Medieval

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Period of western European history between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance

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Middle Ages

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Political system of local government based on the granting of land in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services

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Feudalism

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4
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Grant of land given to a vassal from a lord

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Fief

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Person granted land from a lord in return for services

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Vassal

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Economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants shared the land

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Manorialism

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Peasants who were bound to the land where they worked for a lord

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Serfs

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8
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Code of conduct that dictated knights’ behavior towards others

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Chivalry

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Head of a monastery who controlled and distributed all property

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Abbot

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People who denied the truth of the official church’s principles of who preached beliefs not approved by the church

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Heretics

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Church tax collected from Christians in early times that represented one tenth of their income; later became a gift to the church representing one tenth of a person’s income

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Tithe

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Law based upon customs and judges’ decisions rather than upon written codes

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Common Law

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Great Charter, English document that made law the supreme power and became a cornerstone of constitutional government

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Magna Carta

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14
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A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia

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Crusades

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15
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A journey to a sacred place

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Pilgrimage

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The region of present-day Israel; includes the city of Jerusalem, which is a holy city to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

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Holy Land

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Person in charge of a kingdom; highest rank in a feudalism

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King

18
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in a feudal society , one who owned land given to him by the king in return for his loyalty

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Noble/Lord

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granted use of land by lords, and in exchange to protect the land.

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Knight/Vassal

20
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they were the farmers who paid about half of their income in taxes to the nobles, the church and other agents of the king

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Peasant