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Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charlemagne | King of Franks from 768 to 814; he united much of France, Germany and northern Italy in one Frankish empire |
| 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; he led a group of vikings to North America and settled on the eastern shore of of modern-day Canada |
| Knights | in medieval Europe, nobles who were members of a lords heavily armored calvary |
| Fief | a grant of land from a lord to a vessel |
| Vassal | in medieval Europe, a person granted land from a lord in return for services |
| Feudal System | a political system and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services |
| Fealty | the loyalty owed by a vassal to his feudal lord |
| Manorial System | an economic system in the Middle Ages that was built arond large estates called manors |
| Serfs | peasants who were legally bound to their lord´s land |
| Alfred the Great | King of Wessex from 871 to 899; he defeated Danish invaders and united Anglo-Saxon England under his control |
| William the Conqueror | King of England from 1060 to 1087; he was powerful French noble who conquered England and brought feudalism to England |
| Domesday Book | the written record of English land-owners and their property made by order of William the Conqueror |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | Queen of France and England; she was one of the most powerful women in Europe during the Middle Ages |
| Magna Carta | a Charter agreed to by King John of England that granted nobles certain rights and restricted the kings powers |
| Parliament | the governing body of England |
| Hugh Capet | King of France from 987 to 996; elected by Frankish nobles to succeed King Louis V, he founded the Capetian Dynasty, which ruled France for 300 |
| Otto the Great | King of Germany (936-973) and holy Roman Emperor (962-973); he defeated the Magyar army, which ended the Magyar raids in mid-900 |
| Reconquista | the effort of Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, occurring between the 1100s |
| 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 |