MIDDLE AGES VOCAB

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Binding agreement between parties

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contract

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Heavy wheeled plow with iron share

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carruca

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Social or political class?

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Estate

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A uniform legal system in England based on court decisions and customs, replacing varied local law codes.

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common law

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Wealthy, powerful landowner

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Patrician

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In medieval Europe, a peasant legally bound to the land, providing labor and paying rents under the lord's control.

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serf

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Agricultural estate in medieval Europe run by a lord and worked by peasants.

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manor

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Ideal of civilized behavior among nobility in the Middle Ages; a code of ethics for knights.

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chivalry

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13th-century England's representative government included two knights from each county, two townspeople, and all nobles and bishops.

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Parliament

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Great Charter of rights signed by King John in 1215

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Magna Carta