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Middle Ages Terms
History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Middle Ages | 1000 year period after the Fall of Rome - also known as the medieval time period |
| Franks | a Germanic group that established a powerful European kingdom following the Fall of Rome |
| Clovis | Powerful king of the Franks |
| Charlemagne | expanded the kingdom of the Franks to its greatest size;forced people living within the kingdom to become Christian |
| monasteries | religious communities throughout Europe where monks practiced a life of prayer and worship |
| feudalism | the political and social structure of the Middle Ages established by kings to maintain their hold on land and power |
| lord | a powerful noble who owned land |
| noble | a landowner |
| nobility | a group of landowners (this group held great power) |
| vassal | lesser noble who received land from a lord |
| knights | fought on behalf of the lord |
| chivalry | code of honor that knights must follow |
| homage | to pay respect to one's lord |
| oath of fealty | promise of loyalty given by a vassal when he received a fief |
| fief | the plot of land given to a vassal |
| serf | people who lived on and worked the land of a noble(lowest social class) |
| guild | a group of people with the same occupation (blacksmiths, tailors, bakers, carpenters, etc.) |
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