Middle Ages Vocab Flashcards
To consolidate under 1 central authority
Centralized
Arrange laws or rules into a systematic code
Codify
Transfer of power from 1 central authority to regional or local authorities
Decentralized
a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and in return they worked and fought for them
Feudalism
A state of being dependent on one another
Interdependence
System by which the peasants of medieval Europe were tied to their land and their lord through serfdom.
(socio-economic system)
Manorialism
When there is an absence in political power so people fill the gap of the vacuum
Power Vacuum
Make changes in a social, political, or economic institution to improve it
Reform
Not religious or neutral when it comes to religion
Secular
When people shift economic classes
Social mobility