Unit 1: Vocabulary (Real) Flashcards

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Hierarchy

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A social system in which status is ranked, and power is concentrated in the higher ranks

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Allegiance

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Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to an individual or group

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Manors

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A piece of land sometimes called a fief that houses many people peasants the rich

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Monastery

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Building and lands in which monks lived and carried out the religious duties

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5
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Journeyman

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A person who has learned a trade and joined the trade

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6
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Sumptuary Laws

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Laws that controlled consumption or how people spent their money

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Tithe

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A portion of crops or percentage of earnings paid to the the church

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Freeman

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Peasants who rented land or worked for pay ( we’re able to come and go)

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Serfs

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Peasants who worked the land for the lord and we’re not allowed to leave without the lords permission

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Feudalism

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The system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him

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