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21 Cards in this Set
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Serf |
An agricultural worker, especially in feudal Europe, who cultivated land belonging to a landowner, and who was bought and sold with the land |
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Manor |
The lord’s estate, it was the economic and social center of the people’s lives. |
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Feudalism |
The legal and social system that existed in medieval Europe, in which vassals held land from lords in exchange for military service. |
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Fief |
A grant of Land. |
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Lords/Nobles |
Members of the land-holding elite whooccupied a place on the social ladder just below that of the King. |
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Knight |
Mounted soldiers who pledged theirloyalty and fought for the lord in return for control of a fief or land. |
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The Black Death |
Deadly disease spread by fleas and rats that spread through Europe and Asia during the 1300s killing millions. |
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Cathedrals |
Large, expensive churches built to remind people of heaven. |
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Crusades |
A series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land (the places where Jesus lived) |
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Excommunication |
The act of throwing a person out of the Catholic Church meaning they would go to hell if they died. |
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Friars |
Men who spread Christian teachings while living amongst ordinary people. |
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Habeas Corpus |
A legal idea which gives every person the right to a trial before they can be punished. |
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Hundred Years War |
A series of battles and campaigns fought by England and France for control of France. |
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Orthodox Church |
Eastern Christian church that split from the Catholic Church during the 1100s. |
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Papal Bull |
A letter sent by a Pope giving an order or explaining a church teaching. |
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Parliament |
Group of people elected to advise the kings of England. |
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Relics |
The remains of famous Christians believed by some to have magical powers. |
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Missionaries |
People who spread Christianity throughout Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire. |
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Vikings |
Fierce warriors from northern Europe who attacked towns and monasteries during the early Middle Ages. |
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Peasants |
Ordinary people who grew land for their lord in return for gettng some land for themselves. |
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Monks |
Christian men who lived apart from society in special communities called monasteries. |