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| 264238245 | Vikings | Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia | 0 | |
| 264238246 | Norman | adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. | 1 | |
| 264238247 | William the Conqueror | duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England | 2 | |
| 264238248 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader. They governed strictly | 3 | |
| 264238249 | Eastern Orthodoxy | Official religion of Russia; rejects the Pope, but is otherwise the same as Roman Catholicism. | 4 | |
| 264238250 | Roman Catholic Church | This powerful religion exerted considerable control over European society during the Middle Ages. It prompted some to challenge its doctrines during the protestant Reformation where it began losing power. | 5 | |
| 264238251 | Pope | the head of the Roman Catholic Church | 6 | |
| 264238252 | Patriarch | title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | 7 | |
| 264238253 | Iconoclast Movement | Time when Christians objected to the practice of using images or icons in worship | 8 | |
| 264238254 | Charlemagne | king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor | 9 | |
| 264238255 | Feudal System | A system of trading loyalties for protection in the Middle Ages. | 10 | |
| 264238256 | Serfs | a person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times | 11 | |
| 264238257 | Manor | A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. | 12 | |
| 264238258 | Fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service | 13 | |
| 264238259 | Chivalry | a code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave, loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle | 14 | |
| 264238260 | Monastic Movement | living alone or in a community apart from the rest of the society in order to experience God's presence, marked by the profession of religious vows. Ruled under Benedictine. | 15 | |
| 264238261 | Thomas Aquinas | (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology | 16 | |
| 264238262 | Syncretism | the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | 17 | |
| 264238263 | Guild | A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. | 18 | |
| 264238264 | Hanseatic League | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas | 19 | |
| 264238265 | Bruges | one of the most vital Hanseatic cities that was a commercial city in the 1300s, and was also known as the "City of Bridges." | 20 | |
| 264238266 | Hamburg | a city in northern Germany on the Elbe River | 21 | |
| 264238267 | Florence | Italy's leading cultural center during Renaissance; important for trade and commerce;dominated by Medici's | 22 | |
| 264238268 | Crusade | any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11-13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims | 23 | |
| 264238269 | 4th Crusade | began in 1204 and it was another attempt for the Christians to capture Jerusalem. It failed. Instead, they ended up looting the city of Constantinople. This was the last of the main crusades. | 24 | |
| 264238270 | Pope Urban II | Leader of the Roman Catholic Church who asked European Christians to take up arms against Muslims, starting the Crusades | 25 | |
| 264238271 | Black Plague | the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe | 26 | |
| 264238272 | Hundred Years War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. (p. 413) | 27 | |
| 264238273 | anti-Semitism | policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews | 28 | |
| 264238274 | The Great Schism | two popes were chosen; divided Europe; damaged church - people didn't know who to worship; ended with election of one new pope | 29 | |
| 264238275 | English Parliament | Important institution in the development of representative government that emerged in the 13th century under Edward I | 30 |
