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Medieval Studies
7th Grade
09/17/2011

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Social Class
Definition
Social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society.
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Noble
Definition
A person of noble rank or birth
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King
Definition
The male ruler of an independent state or kingdom who usually inherits the position by right of birth.
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Divine Right
Definition
The doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects
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Manor
Definition
= A unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants.
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Self-sufficiency
Definition
Self-sufficiency refers to the state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or interaction, for survival.
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Fief
Definition
= A fee that was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands
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Lord
Definition
It can denote a prince or a feudal superior especially a feudal tenant who holds directly from the king.
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Knight
Definition
= A knight is a member of the warrior class of the Middle Ages in Europe who followed a code of law called "chivalry".
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Serf
Definition
A person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
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