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W Hist Ch 13 Vocab

Terms in this set (21)

Middle Ages
Period of European history from 500 to 1500
Franks
Germanic people who held power in the Roman province called Gaul
monastery
Religious community of people devoting their lives to worship and prayer
secular
Concerned with worldly things
Carolingian Dynasty
Dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from 751 to 987
Charlemagne
Powerful Frankish ruler who built a huge empire
lord
Landowner
fief
Land granted by a lord to a vassal
vassal
Person receiving a fief from a lord
knight
Warrior on horseback who promised to defend his lord's land in exchange for a fief
serf
Peasant who could not lawfully leave the place where he or she was born
manor
Lord's estate
tithe
Church tax; usually one-tenth of a peasant family's income
chivalry
Code of behavior for knights, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and
devotion
tournament
Staged battles for entertaining audiences and training knights
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