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Middle Ages Europe 2
Question | Answer |
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feudalism | social structure of the Middle Ages |
vassal | person who swears loyalty to a baron in return for land |
fife | piece of land given to a vassal from a baron |
baron | any tenant-in-chief of a king or other overlord, who held land from his superior |
monarch | king or queen |
serf | farmer, peasant |
monk | a man who enters a religious order and lives in a monastery |
nun | woman who enters a religious order and lives in a convent |
guild | organization of people who practiced the same trade or craft |
Magna Carta | English document of 1215 which limited the power of the king and guaranteed certain rights to the people |