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Ch 14 (1&2) HMS
Feudalism, Church
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History
8th Grade
04/04/2010

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Middle Ages
Definition
years between ancient and modern times
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medieval
Definition
referring to the Middle Ages
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Feudalism
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land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty
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manor
Definition
large estate; farms and village ruled by a lord
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serf
Definition
peasant considered part of the manor on which they worked
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knight
Definition
man who would receive honor and land for serving his lord as a soldier
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Charlemagne
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king of the Franks; later the Holy Roman Emperor
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Vikings
Definition
skilled warriors and sailors from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
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clergy
Definition
person with authority to perform religious services
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excommunication
Definition
expelling someone from the church
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guild
Definition
medieval organization of crafts workers or tradespeople
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apprentice
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unpaid person training in a craft or trade
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chivalry
Definition
code of honorable conduct for knights
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troubadour
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traveling poet and musician of the Middle Ages
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gothic
Definition
style of architecture especially for cathedrals
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Black Death
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bubonic plague spread by fleas living on rats
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monasteries
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religious community where men dedicated their lives to God
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convent
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religious community where women dedicated their lives to God
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papacy
Definition
government of the Church based in Rome
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Roman Empire
Definition
ancient history ends when barbarians conquered the ....
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schools
Definition
by building these, Charlemagne stopped a full Dark Age from occurring
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Vikings
Definition
Charlemagne's 3 sons fought for control and this allowed invasion by the
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Feudalism
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New system of government is created to protect against the Vikings
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fief
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a share of land given to a vassal
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knights
Definition
many vassals were
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vassals
Definition
people that promise to follow the noble's laws and fight for him
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Manor System
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Feudalism was the larger, national form of government; the smaller, local form was
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self-sufficient
Definition
manors produced everything they needed; they were
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serfs
Definition
majority of people were peasants; some peasants were the property of the manor they were
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"the Church"
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Roman Catholic Church
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cathedrals
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built to glorify God and to show off
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Heaven and Hell
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The Church made people behave with a promise of... and a threat of...
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"the Church"
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largest landowner in the MA and a tax collector
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excommunication
Definition
political power was gained by the threat of
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warfare
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because of the Church, this declined in the 1100s
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set prices set standards prevented outside trade
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3 things guilds did to protect its members
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journeyman
Definition
after 7 years as an apprentice, you became a
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pneumonic
Definition
this plague had no buboes or sores
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rats and fleas
Definition
carriers of the plague
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attempts to stop the Plague
Definition
bloodletting, fires, killing foreigners
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Bubonic Plague
Definition
painful sores as large as an orange on your neck, armpits, and inner thighs
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