Middle ages--final Flashcards
Missi dominici
Messengers of the lord king
Body of common law
Henry II to unify england
Body of civil law
Justinian I for byzantine empire
Benedictine rule
Prayer and manual labor
Fief
Piece of land given in return for military service and loyalty.
Scriptoria
Writing room for monks to copy works
Diocese
Where a bishop has authority
Ordeal
Divine intervention in Germanic law
Wergeld
Money for a man
Compurgation
Oath helpers to prove innocence in Germanic law
Infidel
Unbeliever
Monk
Give up secular life for the church
Vassalage
Having/being a vassal (or something like that)
Feudalism
An economic and political system that was used in the middle ages
Subinfeudation
Vassals having vassals
Chivalry
Code of conduct
Feudal contract
Agreement between a lord and his peasants
Manor
Land and people that fall under private ownership
Serfs
Peasants bound to the land of the manor
Guilds
Formed to protect skilled laborers and set prices
Bubonic
Came on rats. Killed about a third of the people in europe
Septiceamic
It don’t matter
Vernacular
Language in the region.
Magma carts
Distribute power to the nobles and commoners and decrease the power of the kings.