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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Magna Carta | Required the king to respect certain right (EX. Right to Jury Trial) |
| English Parliament | Formed in 1265. Increased the right if English nobility but not the General Population |
| Manors | Large Fuefs or estases |
| Manorial System | Provided Economic self-sufficiency and defense. Produced everything people required with no outside contact needed. |
| Three Field System | Crops were rotated through 3 fields |
| Feudalism | Lacked a strong Government, land for loyalty system of mutual obligations. Kings, Lords, Knights, Serfs |
| Serfs | Not slaves but tied to the land, could not travel without permission from the lords paid tribute in the forms of crops in exchange for protection |
| Primogeniture | Left the oldest son to inherit the entire estate leaving much younger sons little access to wealth and land |
| Bourgeoisie/ Burghers | Middle class of shopkeepers, Merchants, Crafts people, and small landowners |
| Estates-General | A body to advise the king that included representatives from each of the three legal classes. |
| Estates | In France, The Clergy, Nobility and Commoners |
| Otto 1 | German King crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962 |
| Crusades | A series of European military campaigns in the middle east between 1095- 1200's |
| Marco Polo | Italian Native that visited Dadu and brought back captivating descriptions of the customs stimulating interest and map making |
| Renaissance | A period characterized by s revival of interest in Classical Greek and Roman literature, art, culture and civic virtue. |
| Humanism | The focus on individuals rather than God. |
| Lay Investiture Controversy | 11th and 12th dispute over a secular leader rather than the pope could invest Bishops with the symbols of office, resolved in the Concordat of Worms 1122. |
| Great Schism | In 1054 the Christian church divided/ split into two branches. |
| Antisemetiism | Widespread among Christians, thought Jews were outsides and untrustworthy, expelled from many western European countries |
| Little Ice Age | Lower Temperatures. reduced agriculture productivity, people had less to trade, increase in disease and unemployment. 1300 five century cooling |