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Ch8 Flashcards

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seventh-century Merovingian kings who reigned but did not rule; the power went to the mayor of the palace

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Do-nothing kings

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the most powerful Germanic people in the early Middle Ages

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Franks

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principal palace official under the Merovingian House

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Mayor of the Palace

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The best remembered mayor of the palace

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Charles Martel

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group of Asiatic nomads who later became known as the Hungarians.

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Magyars

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A political system in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for their services

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Feudalism

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Landholding noble in feudalism

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Lord

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Land grants given in return for services

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Fiefs

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Recipient of a fief; owed allegiance to a lord

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Vassal

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the ceremony by which a man became a vassal and thus eligible for a fief

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Homage

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symbolic act by which the lord gave to the vassal the right of use of a fief

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Investiture

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medieval warriors who protected life and property and lived by the “code of chivalry”

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Knight

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boy placed under the care of a knight for the purpose of becoming a knight

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Page

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the personal servant of a knight

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Squire

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A knight’s strict code of behavior

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Chivalry

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the center of medieval society, a self-contained farming community controlled by a lord and farmed by peasants

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Manor

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Planting crops on half or one-third of the cultivated land, leaving the other to lie fallow for a year to recover its fertility

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Two/Three Field System

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Privileged peasants who served as manorial officials

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Freemen

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majority of those living on a manor; their status was midway between the ancient slave and the medieval freeman

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Serfs

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place of temporary punishment where souls
bound for heaven must go after death to atone for their minor sins

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Purgatory

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those who did not take Holy Orders

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Laity

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conducted religious services, administered the sacraments to the laity, and supervised the business

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Secular Clergy

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