Unit 2 Vocab: Medieval/Post Classical Europe

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Estate of land held by a vassal for feudal service

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fief

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Meaning 'Great Charter' in Latin; a document granting rights to the English by King John in 1215 under threat of civil war.

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Magna Carta

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Noblemen in medieval society granted land for loyalty and military service.

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Feudal lords

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Professional warriors serving lords as mounted, armored soldiers for benefits.

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Knights

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Estate with agricultural land, village, church, and lord's residence.

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medieval manor

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Meaning 're-conquest' in Spanish, a series of campaigns by Christian kingdoms to reclaim territory from the Moors who occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.

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Reconquista

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Poor farmers of low social status who own or rent a small piece of land to grow food.

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Peasants

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Holder of land by feudal contract for homage and allegiance.

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vassal

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Farmers bound to work on a lord's estate, unable to leave.

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Serfs

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Seafaring people from Scandinavia who raided and settled in northwestern Europe (8th-11th centuries)

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Vikings