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Middle Ages

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fjord   a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes  
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missionaries   people who are sent by a religions organization to spread the faith  
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concordat   agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country  
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feudalism   political order, under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services  
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vassal   a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord  
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fief   a feudal estate belonging to a vassal  
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knight   a mounted man-at-arms serving a lord  
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chivalry   the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood  
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serf   a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner  
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guild   a group of merchants or craftspeople  
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grand jury   a group of citizens that meets to decide whether people should be accused of a crime  
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trial jury   a group of citizens that decides whether an accused person is innocent or guilty  
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theology   the study of religious faith, practice, and experience  
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scholasticism   a way of thinking  
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vernacular   the everyday spoken language of a region  
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mass   religous worhsip service for Catholic Christians  
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heresy   ideas that go against church teachings  
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anti-Semitism   hostility toward or discrimination against Jews  
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plague   a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people  
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Reconquista   the Christian "reconquest" of the Iberian peninsula  
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