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Middle Ages
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feudalism | the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection |
| Roman Catholic Church | Clovis was baptized into |
| Pope | the leader of a cathlioc church |
| Monarch | at the very top of feudal society |
| Fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal in exachange for loyalty and service |
| Manor | where most lords and wealther knights lived |
| Divine Right | Most medival monarchs believed in |
| Noble | to hold fiefs and inheit land |
| Duke | the ruler of a part of France |
| Hierarchy | power of the ruling classes |
| Armor | heavy suits which were fought in |
| Chivalry | medieval knights code of ideal behavior |