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Early Middle Ages Terms
Early Middle Ages Terms
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10th Grade
10/22/2013

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Tenant Farming
Definition
Poor farmers who rent their land from landlords
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Visigoths, Angles, Othrogoths, Lombards, Saxons and Angles
Definition
Germanic Invaders of the Roman Empire
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Manorialism
Definition
Economic system of the Middle Ages where people lived on small isolated communities that were self-sufficient to defend against war and invaders.
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Manors
Definition
Small communities that people lived on during the Middle Ages
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Self-Sufficient
Definition
Produce everything needed by yourself and your community, no need to trade or travel
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Fief
Definition
What a piece of land was called in the Middle Ages
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domain
Definition
one-third of the land that the Lord kept for himself
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serf
Definition
Peasant farmers in Middle Ages who were forced to stay on the land by law
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Lord/Noble
Definition
Person who controlled land and manor
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Code of Chivalry
Definition
Knights set of rules he must follow
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Feudalism
Definition
a political system and social of the Middle Ages in which kings and powerful nobles granted land to other nobles in return for loyalty, military assistance, and services
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Clergy
Definition
Church officials
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Canon Law
Definition
Church laws
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Excommunication
Definition
To be kicked out of the church community
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interdict
Definition
Sacraments and religious services could not be practiced in the kings lands
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ethnocentrism
Definition
Belief that your culture is superior to another culture
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perspective
Definition
The author’s point of view
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Tithe
Definition
Tax collected by the church from all people in the Middle Ages. 1/10 of everyone’s salary was given to the church.
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Charlemagne
Definition
The bright spot of the Middle Ages - he created an empire which provided a brief period stability around 800 which fell apart when he died.
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