Middle Ages overview

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What is feudalism?

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The social, political, and economic system based on land and loyalty.

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Lord

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Second level of feudalism, landowner, nobility

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chivalry

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code of conduct of knights: brave, loyal, honest

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sacraments

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holy rites of the Roman Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic Church

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powerful Christian institution: the only church during the Middle Ages

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Magna Carta

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Document of 1215 that limits the power of the monarch

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Bubonic Plague

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Disease that killed about 1/3 of Europe's population in the 14th century. It spread through fleas on rats

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Crusades

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Series of battles between Christians and Muslims

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manor

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The central economic center of the High Middle Ages, self-sufficient

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Capitalism

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Economic system based on free markets