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| divided his kingdom among three grandsons |
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| Divids empire into three kingdoms |
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| controlled by the vikings/norseman/northman |
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| ruling power held by private lords, based on land ownership and personal loyalty development. |
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| The middle ages form of money |
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| the king owned the land, the person who recieves the land is his vassal |
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| 2nd in charge that helped a king lead an area |
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| outh vassals had to take showing loyalty to their king |
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| tract of land given from the king to his vassal |
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| layed out rules between lord and vassal and stated that vassals must provide military services, entertainment and shelter |
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| classification of society of kings and vassals, it was mostly inherited or gained through marriage |
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| classification of church officials, they were wealthy and generally educated |
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| largest class of people during the middle ages. the only way they could climb their to a higher classification was through permission from their lord |
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| Higher stage of peasants that had some skill or trade wanted by the king |
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| agricultural system that were centered on manors |
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| self contained estates run mostly by nobels and had the advantage of no starving |
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| manners/customs of knighthood, being able to ride a horse |
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| first step in becoming a knight that would first learn how to serve the table and would tend to the women of the castle |
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| second step in becoming a knight, training on horse and weapons, they would also help the knights during battle |
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| machine squires would use to practice jousting |
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| meant every knight would be honorable and speak the truth, and is where the knight recieved his golden spurs |
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| singers that told tales of heros from other areas. they would recieve money from knights to share their stories |
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1 never fight on the holy day of sunday
2 never fought between sunset and sunrise
3 did not fight without warning
4do not fight on leader birthday |
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| items given from a brides family in order to marry her off |
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| weapons of the middle ages |
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1morning star- chain and club with spikes
2mace- club with spikes
3halberd- spear. one side an axe the other a sharp dagger |
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| the highest rank legal advisor for the lord, travels manor to manor throughout a kingdom |
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| supervised the peasants and farm work, responsible for collecting rent and managing farms |
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| helped bailiff supervise the manor |
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