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Chapter 13
Key Terms And Dfinitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charlemagne | King Of The Franks From 768 to 814 |
| Papal States | Territories In Central Italy Controlled By The Pope From 756-1870 |
| Counts | Title Of Nobility; In Charlemagne's Empire Chosen Officials Who Ruled Parts Of The Empire In His Name |
| Navigation | The Guidance Of Ships From Place To Place |
| Sagas | Long Stories Written In The Early 1200s About Great Icelandic Heroes And Events |
| Leif Eriksson | Norwegian Explorer |
| Knights | In Medieval Europe Nobles Who Were Members Of A Lords Heavily Armored Cavalry |
| Fief | A Grant Of Land From A Lord To A Vassal |
| Vassal | In Medieval Europe A Person Granted Land From A Lord In Return For Services |
| Feudal System | A Political And Social System Based On The Granting Of land In Exchange For Loyalty Military Assistance And Other Services |
| Fealty | The Loyalty Owned By A Vassal To His Feudal Lord |
| Manorial System | An Economic System In The Middle Ages That Was Built Around Large Estates called Manors |
| Serfs | Peasants Who Were Legally Bounded To Their Lords Land |
| Alfred the Great | King Of Wessex From 871 to 899 |
| William the Conqueror | King Of England From 1060 to 1087 |
| Domesday Book | The Written Record Of English landowners and their property made by the order of William the Conqueror in 1085-1086 |
| Eleanor Of Aquitaine | Queen Of France And England |
| Magna Carta | A Charter Agreed to By King John Of England That Granted Nobles Certain Rights Rights And Restricted The Kings Powers |
| Parliament | The Governing Body Of England |
| Hugh Capet | King Of France From 987 to 996 |
| Otto the Great | King Of Germany |
| Reconquista | The Effort Of Christian Leaders To Drive The Muslims Out Of Spain Occurring Between The 1100s And 1492 |
| Piety | Devotion to ones Religion |
| Pontificate | Papal Term In Office |
| Pope Gregory VII | Roman Catholic Pope |
| Henry IV | King Of Germany From 1056 to 1106 And Holy Roman Emperor From 1056 To 1106 |