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| 2708819833 | Dark Ages | (n) first half of middle ages, the period in European history from about A.D. 476 to about 1000 a period marked by repressiveness, when people were not willing to accept the beliefs or opinions of others | 0 | |
| 2708819834 | vassal | (n.) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant | 1 | |
| 2708819835 | Holy Roman Empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806. | 2 | |
| 2708819836 | tithe | A family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church | 3 | |
| 2708819837 | Hanseatic League | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas | 4 | |
| 2708819838 | knight | A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier. | 5 | |
| 2708819839 | lord | someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler | 6 | |
| 2708819840 | manorialism | An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production. | 7 | |
| 2708819841 | Crusades | 1096 Christian Europe aim to reclaim Jerusalem and aid they Byzantines; 1st success and the rest a failure; weakens the Byzantines; opens up trade | 8 | |
| 2708819842 | piety | Devotion and reverence to God | 9 | |
| 2708819843 | apprentice | A person who works for an expert in a trade or craft in return for training | 10 | |
| 2708819844 | Pope Urban II | Leader of the Roman Catholic Church who asked European Christians to take up arms against Muslims, starting the Crusades |  | 11 |
| 2708819845 | sherf | status of peasants under feudalism, It was a condition of modified slavery which developed during the High Middle Ages and lasted until the mid-19th century | 12 | |
| 2708819846 | chivalry | Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages | 13 | |
| 2708819847 | Holy Land | Jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where Jesus lived and taught | 14 | |
| 2708819848 | canon law | the Church's own body of laws; this law applied to religious teachings, the behavior of the clergy, and even marriages and morals | 15 | |
| 2708819849 | journeyman | A skilled worker who was paid wages by the master of a guild | 16 | |
| 2708819850 | feudal system | A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services | 17 | |
| 2708819851 | fief | An estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty | 18 | |
| 2708819852 | Charlemagne | (768-814 CE) Crowned King of the Franks in 800 CE by the pope; brought back unified rule to Europe only during his life; used the missi dominici to check up on imperial officials. |  | 19 |
| 2708819853 | nation-state | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality | 20 | |
| 2708819854 | secular | Non-religious | 21 | |
| 2708819855 | Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 | 22 | |
| 2708819856 | guild | A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. | 23 |
