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Medieval Europe
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Social Studies
7th Grade
02/04/2012

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Fjords
Definition
Steep-sided valleys that are inlets of the sea
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Missionary
Definition
People who are sent out to teach their religion
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Excommunicate
Definition
To exclude a person from church membership
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Concordant
Definition
An agreement between a pope and a ruler of a country
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Feudalism
Definition
Landowning nobles governed and protected the people in return for services, such as fighting or farming land
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Vassal
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A noble who served a lord of higher rank
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Fief
Definition
The land granted to a vassal
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Knight
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A warrior in armor who fought on horseback
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Serf
Definition
Peasant who could not leave the manor, own property, or marry without the lord's approval
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Guild
Definition
Business groups organized by craftspeople, like tanners, carpenters, and bakers
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Grand Jury
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A jury that decided wether people should be accused of a crime
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Trial Jury
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A jury that decided whether an accused person was innocent or guilty
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Clergy
Definition
People who had been ordained as priests
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Mass
Definition
Catholic worship service
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heresy
Definition
A religious belief that conflicts with Church teachings
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
Hatred of jews
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Theology
Definition
The study of religion and God
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Scholasticism
Definition
A new way of thinking that changed the study of theology
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Vernacular
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An everyday, local language that people used for each religion other than Latin
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Plague
Definition
A disease that kills many people and spreads very quickly
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Reconquista
Definition
Means reconquest and it was the name for the Christians' struggle to take back the Iberian Penninsula
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