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Middle ages and mid
chapter 13 and 14
Question | Answer |
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Magna Carta | "Great charter", English document that made law the supreme power instead of the monarchy and was the begining of constitutional goverment. |
Middle ages | period in Western Europe history between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Reinansanse. |
Fief | grant of land to a vassal from a lord. |
Feudalism | Political system of local goverment based on the granting of land in return for loyalty, military, assistance, and other services. |
Vassal | Person granted land from a Lord in return for services. |
Primogeniture | System of inherentance from father to oldest son for ownership or prossessing of land. |
manorialism | Economic system during the middle ages that resolved aroud self sufficient farming estates where lords and peaseants shared the land. |
Serf | Peasants who were bound to the land where they worked for a lord. |
Sacraments | Ceremonies at which participats receive God's direct favor, or grace to ward off the consequences of sin. |
Curia | Group of advisers to the people drawn from the higheest ranks of clergy. |
Crusades | Expedition by Christians to regain the Holy Land from muslim. |
Usury | Policy of charging high interest on loans. |
Capital | Wealth that is earned, saved and invested to make profits. |
Market economy | Economy in which land, labor, and capital are controlled by individual persons. |
Middle class | Class of skilled workers between the upper class and the poor and unskilled workers. |
Black death | Terrible plauge that swept throught Europe beginning in 1347. |
Vernacular languages | Everyday speech that varies from place to place. |
Scholasticism | Medieval philosophy attempting to bring together faith and reason. |
Gothic | Style of church architure characterized by tall spires and flying buttresses that was developed by master builders the mid-1100's |
Great Schism | Period of church history 1378 to 1417 when the church was divided into opposing groups. |