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Byzantine
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Referring to the Eastern Roman Empire, based in Constantinople, after the fall of Rome
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Orthodoxy
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Having the right or opinion, it is typically used to mean adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion
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Byzantine Empire
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Eastern, Greek half of Roman Empire which survived the fall of Rome in 476 AD until its own defeat by the Ottoman Turks in 1453
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Tsar
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A king ruler, or emperor who had absolute authority over his people and land- uses for the Russian Ruler
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Iconoclasm
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The belief that there should not be religious pictures, generally seeing them as a form of idolatry. the term literally means icon-breaking
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Cyril
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Greek missionary, the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him
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Methodius
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Along with Cyril, missionary sent by Byzantine government to eastern Europe and Balkans; converted southern Russia and Balkans Orthodox
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Kievan Rus
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A medieval state dominated by the city of Keiv from about 880 to around the middle of the 12th century
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Boyars
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A member of the highest rank of feudalism
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Tartars
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Turkic ethnic group or a couple of ethnic groups
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Schism
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The formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
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Medieval
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The period prior to the Renaissance, marking the music of the early Christian Church
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Middle Ages
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European historical period between 500 and 1450 AD
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Manorialism
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The system by which the landlords exploit the serfs or tenants who work his estate, and in return gives them land and a portion of the crops
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Serfs
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A serf was a tenant-farmer, not allowed to move away from the authority of his landlord. They were not sold in the same way slaves were
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3-Field System
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It was a process used in the Middle Ages for farming, the farmers would alternate their plant fields, leaving on empty (in fallow) in order for it to gain nutrients
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Holy Roman Emperors
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Emperors in Northern Italy and Germany following the split of Charlemagne's empire; claimed title of emperor
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Feudal Monarch
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Feudalism, a term used in the early modern period (17th century), in most classical sense refers to reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior and nobility revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs
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Vassals
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Members of the military elite in the Middle Ages who received land or benefice form a lord in return for military protection, service and loyalty
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Feudalism
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The system of relations between the members of the lords or knights of the upper class. these relations can include vassalage and chivalry
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Parliament
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A legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based in the Westminster system
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Three Estates
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Typical social organizations of the Middle Ages after the 10th Century; included military nobility, clergy, and ordinary people
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Papacy
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The government of the Roman Catholic Church
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Investiture
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Practice of state appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory VII attempted to ban the practice of lay investiture, leading to was with Holy Roman
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Scholasticism
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The philosophy of the medieval theologians; in general, the divorce of speculation form observation and practice
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Hanseatic League
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An association of merchants and towns in northern Germany
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Guilds
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Groups recognized by OTO International designed to promote a profession, trade, science or craft
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Black Death
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The Medieval black plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of its population- a bacteria traveling along the trade routes by rats
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