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| 8640996357 | Middle Ages | Period of western European history between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance |  | 0 |
| 8641004553 | Gothic | Style of architecture of the cathedrals during the Middle Ages |  | 1 |
| 8641008791 | Manorialism | A system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe |  | 2 |
| 8641011445 | Serfs | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate. |  | 3 |
| 8641015269 | Three-field System | Farmland divided into three equal-sized fields, in which crops were rotated |  | 4 |
| 8641018654 | Clovis | King of the Franks; converted to Christianity circa 496 |  | 5 |
| 8641022869 | Carolingians | Line of Frankish rulers established by Pepin III's coronation in A.D. 751 |  | 6 |
| 8641030187 | Charles Martel | 8th century Frankish leader who led armies that stopped the Muslims from advancing into France |  | 7 |
| 8641034816 | Feudalism | political, military, and social system based on the holding of land(fief) |  | 8 |
| 8641039941 | Vassals | lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity |  | 9 |
| 8641043985 | William the Conqueror | Powerful French noble who conquered England in 1066, he brought feudalism to Britain. |  | 10 |
| 8641051507 | Magna Carta | A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power |  | 11 |
| 8641055569 | Hundred Years War | Conflict between England and France that establishes each as a unified country (1337-1453) |  | 12 |
| 8641064593 | Pope Urban II | Medieval pope, he called on Christians to launch the First Crusade |  | 13 |
| 8641067795 | Investiture | The authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials |  | 14 |
| 8641071443 | Thomas Aquinas | Scholar who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by sound reasoning |  | 15 |
| 8641075909 | Scholasticism | in medieval Europe, the school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian belief |  | 16 |
| 8641080501 | Hanseatic League | An organization of cities in northern Germany for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance. |  | 17 |
| 8641085435 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests |  | 18 |
| 8641090049 | Black Death | 14th century bubonic plague epidemic; decimated populations in Asia and Europe. |  | 19 |
