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middle ages
Term | Definition |
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manorialism | A large house or estate |
serfs | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate. |
chivalry | the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. |
abbot | a man who is the head of an abbey of monks. |
crusades | each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. |
Feudalism | A political system based on a social pyramid from serfs to kings |
vassal | a person in the Middle Ages who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service. |
.heretics | a person believing in or practicing religious heresy. |
common law | the part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes. Often contrasted with statutory law. |
magna carta | The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons. |