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the rise of europe
middle ages, feudalism and manor economy, the medieval church and economic expansion and change.
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History
9th Grade
03/18/2007

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papal supremacy
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claiming authority over all secular rulers
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tounrnaments
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mock battles
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journeyman
Definition
worked for guild membersfor a salary
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tenant farmer
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peasants who paid for rent for their land
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canon law
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a body of rules that applied to religious teachings, the clergy, marriages, and morals.
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the treaty of verdun
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agreement that split charlemagne's empire into three sections for his grandsons.
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fronteir
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a sparsley populated, undeveloped area on the outskirts of civilization
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feudalism
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a loosely organised system of rule in which powerful local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to the greater lord
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partnership
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merchants who pooled their funds to finance a large-scale venture
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curriculum
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a formal course of study
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guilds
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merchants and artisans formed these associations
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a new social group that stood between peasants and nobles
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middle class
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serf
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a peasant who was bound to the land
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secular
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worldly
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chivalry
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a code of conduct adopted by knights in the Middle Ages
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fief
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an estate granted to a vassal
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tithe
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tax the church required christians to pay
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usury
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lending money at interest
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missi dominici
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officials sent to check on roads, listen to grievences, and see that justice was done
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capital
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money for investment
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charter
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written document that set out the rights and privilages of a town
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manor
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a lords estate
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antisemitism
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predudice against the jews
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simony
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the selling of church officials
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bill of exchange
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a document representing money deposited in a home town bank
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sacraments
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the sacred rights of the church
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excommunication
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excluding people people from receiving the sacraments
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