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| A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier. |
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| the period between the fall of the Roman Empire in the west (470) and the beginning of the European Renaissance in the 1400s. This period is also known as "Medieval." |
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| a political system and a social system where by a powerful lord would offer "protection" in return for "service" |
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| A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. |
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| peasants on a manor; they were bound to the land; they were not slaves who could be bought and sold—still they were not free |
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| expelling someone from the Church |
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| A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people |
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| The region of present-day Israel; includes the city of Jerusalem, which is a holy city to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. |
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| Land, in general, under the feudal system |
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| law created by the roman catholic church |
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| practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. |
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| sacred rite recognized as of particular importance and significance |
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| they received land (fief) from a Lord in exchange for sevices |
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| When translated from Greek it means "Holy Wisdom". The church was built in 537 in Constantinople by Justinian and became the seat of Eastern Orthodox Christianity for centuries. |
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| Laws created by Emperor Justinian that made Christianity the offical and only religion of the Byzantine Empire |
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| A series of wars starting in 1095 directed by the Roman Catholic Church against Middle Eastern Muslims to take back the Holy Land |
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| The sudden wide-spread outbreak of a certain disease. |
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| A bacterial infection, usually fatal, transmitted by fleas that ravaged Europe during The Dark Ages(Justinian Plague) and later during the Middle Ages (The Black Death). |
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| A Christian Church that contains the seat of a Bishop. |
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| A community of men gathered for religious study and reflection. |
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| A community of women gathered for religious study and reflection. |
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