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AP Euro Unit 0 vocab
AP Euro Unit 0 vocab: middle ages
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bobonic Plague/Black Death (1346) | An infection spread to humans by infected fleas. This disease caused the deadliest pandemic in recorded history known |
| Little Ice Age (1300-1850) | Wide-spread cooling that started during the 14th century medivial period. This impacts the growing seasons during the time period which leads to famine and mainutrition |
| Patriarchal | A system of society or government controlled by men |
| Nobility | A privileged class of people, often receiving hereditary titles. Also, called the Aristocracy |
| Papcy | The office or authority of the Pope |
| Open Field System | Basic system of agricultural cultivation that contained private and communal land holdings and utilized crop rotation |
| Serf | An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on a lord's estate |
| Feudalism (Feudal System) | The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands for the Crown in exchange for military service. Peasants/Serfs were obliged to live on the land and give the King and Lord homage |
| Alchemy | Medieval science based on the supposed transformation of matter, mainly the focus of trying to the convert base metals into gold |
| Astrology | The study of the movements and relative positions of the planets, sun, moon and starts |