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| system, principles, and customs of knighthoods |
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| value of a person in money |
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| female superior of a convent of nuns |
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| man who serves a lord in a military capacity |
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| major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commoners, formerly possessing distinct political rights |
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| tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder |
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| the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends |
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| a religious community where monks live a spiritual life |
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| man who separates himself from human society to pursue dedication to God |
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| the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| unwritten rules that determined a relationship between a lord and his vassal |
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| rooms in a monastery set aside for the writing of manuscripts and records |
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| someone who goes out to spread a religious message |
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| under feudalism, a series of martial activities such as jousts designed to keep knights busy during peacetime and help them prepare for war |
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| established Frankish kingdom around A.D. 500. 1st Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity. |
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| Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604. He was very active in converting the non-Christian peoples of Germanic Europe to Christianity |
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| Monk who established the basic form of monasticism |
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| Mayor of the Palace who assumed kingship of the Frankish kingdom. Charlemagne's father. |
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| Ruled the Carolingian empire from 768 to 814; crowned emperor of the Romans--symbolized the coming together of Roman, Christian and Germanic cultures |
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| people from western Asia who settled on the plains of Hungary |
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| Northmen or Norsemen of Scandinavia. They were warriors, shipbuilders and sailors. |
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| married to King Henry II of England; mother of King Richard and King John |
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| (William the Conqueror)defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings to take Norman control of England. |
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| king of England 1154 to 1189; helped create common law by strengthening the royal court system and expanding the power of the king |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered because he disagreed with Henry II |
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| French monarch ruled from 1180 to 1223; regained territory from the English |
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| Saxon king of Germany, crowned emperor of Rome in 962 |
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| emperor of the Eastern Roman empire527-565; He rebuilt Constantinople and the roman empire, also codified Roman Law (the Body of Civil Law). |
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| emperor of the Eastern Roman empire527-565; He rebuilt Constantinople and the roman empire, also codified Roman Law (the Body of Civil Law). |
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| organized second Crusade after the fall of the Latin crusader states |
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| Muslim ruler who negotiated peace with Richard the Lionhearted |
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| organized the 4th crusade after the death of Saladin |
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