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| relating to the Middle Ages, the time in Europe from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance |
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| A social and governmental structure based on loyalty and land |
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| A section of land granted to a vassal in exchange for service |
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| Person who receives a fief from a lord and owes service |
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| Person who provides land or protection in exchange for service |
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| Feudal peasant who is bound to the land and to work for the lord |
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| Economic and social relationship between lord and serf |
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| The revival of population, trade, and cities in the High Middle Ages |
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| Common language of ordinary people in a country or region |
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| The English legislature that slowly gained power over time |
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| Worldly; focus on the present life rather than the afterlife |
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| Denial of communion; banning from the church |
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| Spread out; many smaller sources of power rather than one big one |
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