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274486425FeudalismA political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land0
274486426FiefA piece of land held under the feudal system1
274486427Serfsmen of women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection2
274486428ManorA large estate, including farms and a village, ruled by a lord.3
274486429Feudal ContractsExchange of pledges between feudal lords and vassals.4
274486430CharlemagneKing of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor5
274486431Charles MartelCarolingian monarch of Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe.6
274486432FranksGermanic people who lived and held power in Gaul. Their leader was Clovis and he would later bring Christianity to the region. By 511 the Franks had united into one kingdom and they controlled the largest and strongest parts of Europe.7
274486433Angles and SaxonsTwo german tribes that invaded Britain, Drove the Celtic peoples of lowland Britian to highland Britain8
274486434NormansA member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy9
274486435Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 180610
274486436Excommunicationthe act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church11
274486437PopeHead of the Roman Catholic Church12
274486438Crusadesa series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Westrn European Christians to reclain control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims13
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