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north Atlantic drift

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a powerful warm current within the Atlantic ocean

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monastery

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a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows

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Charlamagne

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emperor who ruled western europe

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holy roman empire

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the empire set up in western Europe following the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor in the year 800

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feudalism

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social system in medieval Europe

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manorialism

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system of economic, social, and political organization

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The Battle of Hastings/William The Conqueror

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battle of hastings-battle on October 14, 1066, that ended in the defeat of Harold II of England by William, duke of Normandy

William the conqueror-first norman king of england

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papacy

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the office or authority of the pope

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monarch

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a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor

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Magna Carta

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a charter of king john of england

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the crusades

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military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land

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pope urban II

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head of the roman catholic church

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saladin

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sultan of Egypt and Syria

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richard I

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king of england

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the black death

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plague in europe

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the hundred years war

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intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th–15th century.

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joan of arc

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National heroine of France

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henry v

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king of england

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Reconquista

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reconquest of military campaigns that Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms

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queen isabella

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queen of england

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king Ferdinand

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king of leon

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inquisition

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judicial procedure and institution

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Iberian peninsula

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Peninsula in South-western Europe

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