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Ch.10:A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe

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Middles Ages   the period in western Europe history from the decline and fall of the Roman Empire until the 15th cent.  
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Vikings   seagoing Scandinavian raiders from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway who disrupted coastal areas of western Europe from the 8th to the 11th cent.  
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manorialism   system that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages; involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rents for access to land  
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serfs   peasant agricultural laborers within manorial system  
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moldboard   heavy plow introduced in northern Europe during the Middles Ages; permitted deeper cultivation of heavier soils; a technological innovation of the medieval agricultural system  
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three-field system   system of agricultural cultivation by 9th century in western Europe; included one-third in spring gains, one-third fallow  
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Clovis   early Frankish king; converted Franks to Christianity c. 496; allowed establishment of Frankish kingdom  
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Carolingians   royal house of Franks after 8th cent. until their replacement in 10th cent.  
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Charles Martel   Carolingian monarch of the Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe  
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Charlemagne   Charles the Great; Carolingian monarch who established substantial empire in France and Germany c. 800  
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Holy Roman emperors   emperors in northern Italy and Germany following split of Charlemagne's empire; claimed title of emperor c. 10th cent.; failed to develop centralized monarchy in Germany  
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vassals   members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from lord in return for their military service and loyalty  
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William the Conqueror   invade England from Normandy in 1066; extended tight feudal system to England; established administrative system based on sheriffs; established centralized monarchy  
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Magna Carta   Great Charter issued by King John of England in 1215; confirmed feudal rights against monarchial claims; represented principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy  
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parliaments   bodies representing privileged groups; institutionalized feudal principle that rulers should consult with their vassals; found in England, Spain, Germany, and France  
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three estates   the church, nobles, and urban leaders were represented by parilaments  
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Hundred Years' War   conflict between England and France from 1337 to 1453; fought over lands England possessed in France and feudal rights versus the emerging claims of national states  
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Urban II   called First Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to mount military assault to free the Holy Land from the Muslims  
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Gregory VII   Pope during the 11th cent. who attempted to free church from interference of feudal lords; quarreled it Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over practice of lay investiture  
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investiture   practice of state appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory VII attempted to ban the practice of lay investiture, leading to war with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV  
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Peter Abelard   author of Yes and No; university scholar who applied logic to problems of theology; demonstrated logical contradictions within established doctrine  
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Bernard of Clairvaux   emphasized role of faith in preference to logic; stressed importance of mystical union with God; successfully challenged Abelard and had him driven from the universities  
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Thomas Aquinas   emphasized role of faith in preference to logic; stressed importance of mystical union with God; successfully challenged Abelard and had him driven from the universities  
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scholasticism   dominant medieval philosophical approach; so-called because of its base in the schools or universities; based on use of logic to resolve theological problems  
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Gothic   an architectural style developed during the Middle Ages in western Europe; featured pointed arches and flying buttresses as external supports on main walls  
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Hanseatic League   an organization of cities in northern Germany and southern Scandinavia for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance  
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guild   sworn associations of people in the same business of trade in a single city; stressed security and mutual control; limited membership, regulated apprenticeship, guaranteed good workmanship; often established franchise within cities  
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Black Death   plague that struck Europe in 14th century; significantly reduced Europe’s’ population; affected social structure  
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