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| 11224288746 | Vassal | In medieval Europe, a person who pledged military or other service to a lord in exchange for a gift or land or other privilege. | 0 | |
| 11224221209 | Covenants | offered women opportunities for service in their communities. For the most part, however, medieval European women were expected to serve as reflections of their husbands. | 1 | |
| 11224228046 | Fief | a piece of land given to a vassal exchange for military service. | 2 | |
| 11224232732 | Gothic Architecture | architecture of 12th century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, and tall spires and pointed arches. | 3 | |
| 11224242005 | Investiture | was a process by which monarchs appointed church bishops. Especially intense was the controversy between Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, which culminated with the excommunication of Henry IV. Henry's subsequent confession demonstrated that, in this instance, the pope had gained the upper hand. | 4 | |
| 11224245291 | Manorialism | peasants remained to work the land, receiving protection from their landlords in chanced for their agricultural labor. As trade continued to decline and political order disintegrated, this became more widespread. | 5 | |
| 11224278698 | Medieval | pertaining to the middles ages of European history. | 6 | |
| 11224278699 | Middle Ages | the period of European history traditionally given as 500-1500. | 7 | |
| 11224284736 | Moldboard Plow | created in the 9th century that allowed the people in Western Europe to turn the heavy soil. | 8 | |
| 11224284737 | Parliament | the first English meeting convened in 1265, also was an extension of feudal rights of collaboration between kings and vassals. | 9 |
