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unit 4 voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| franks | a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s |
| secular | having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters; nonreligious |
| magyars | an ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary |
| fief | in medieval Europe, an estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty |
| vassal | in medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord |
| chivalry | code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages |
| lawi investiture | appointment of bishops by anyone who is not a member of the clergy |
| canon law | body of laws of a church |
| inquistion | A Church court set up to try people accused of heresy |
| crusades | a series of wars from the 1000s through 1200s in which European Christians tried to win control of the Holy Land from Muslims |
| gothic | type of European architecture that developed in the Middle Ages, characterized by flying buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs |
| guild | in the Middle Ages, an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests |
| three field system |