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Chivalry
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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages
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Troubadour
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Wandering poet in Europe in the Middle Ages
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Sacrament
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Sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
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Excommunication
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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey church laws
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Interdict
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In the Roman Catholic Church, excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom
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Usury
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Practice of lending money with interest
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Guild
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any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that sometimes constituted a local governing body. ; an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
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Crusade
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any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Scholasticism
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the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.;
narrow adherence to traditional teachings, doctrines, or methods. |
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Vernacular
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expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works
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Humanism
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any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
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Perspective
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a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
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Pedestination
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the state of being predestinated or predestined. Having a pre planned destiny
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Recant
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to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
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Indulgence
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the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
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