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248382528Middle AgesThe midieval period0
248382529FranksGermanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul1
248382530monasterya religious community of men called monks who have give up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship2
248382531secularconcerned with worldly rather than spirtual matters3
248382532Carolingian Dynastya dynasty of frankish rulers, lasting from 751 to 9874
248382533Charlemangeor charles the great ruled the kingdom5
248382534lordor landowner6
248382535fiefland7
248382536vassalperson who was getting a fief8
248382537knightwere mounted horsemen who pledge to defend their lords'9
248382538serfwere people who could not lawfully leave the place where they where born10
248382539manorthe lords estate11
248382540tithechurch tax12
248382541chivarlya complex set of ideas13
248382542tournamentmock battles14
248382543troubadourtraveling poet musicians at the castles and courts of Europe15
248382544clergyincluded bishops and priest fell under popes authority16
248382545sacramentimportant religious ceremonies17
248382546canon lawor Church law18
248382547Holy Roman empirethe roman empire or german nation19
248382548lay investiturea ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed chirch officials20

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