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1.2.2.10 Imperial Church
Challenge of Christendom
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
03/14/2009

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Feudalism
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A political and economic system based on a pyramid structure         
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Serfs
Definition
Peasants, who worked a piece of land in return for food and housing          
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Landlord
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Next above the serfs              
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Lord
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A middle-level boss      
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Vassal
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One who pledged loyalty to a higher lord, or overlord         
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King
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He was the grand landlord of his region       
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Vikings
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These “sea rovers” swooped down from Scandinavia in their long, narrow boats, attacking seacoasts and traveling inland on rivers           
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Ansgar
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A daring Christian missionary, who voyaged to the Vikings’ homelands                
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John XII
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The most unworthy pope of all time      
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Otto I
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A ruler of the East Frankish (German) section of Charlemagne’s old territory       
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Holy Roman Empire
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It revived, in name if not reality, the empire of Charlemagne         
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Simony
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An act where a rich man could buy himself the office of bishop       
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Cluny
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A monastery in France that was independent of any control by a local lord or secular ruler           
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