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3185712956ShogunPowerful Japanese leader, originally military, ruled under the titular authority of the emperor.0
3185712957Shogunate SystemSystem of government in Japan. Emperor exercised only titular authority, shoguns exercised actual political power.1
3185712958Zen BuddhismOriginated in China during the Tang Dynasty. Influenced by Taoism. Developed as a distinguished Chinese style of Buddhism.2
3185712959Holy Roman EmpireMulti-ethic complex of territories in Central Europe in early Middle Ages.3
3185712960Capetion DynastyDynasty of Franish origin founded by Hugh Capet.4
3185712961AristocracyHighest class in certain societies. Holding heredity titles or offices.5
3185712962YoritomioThird son of miramoto. Heir of the minamoto clan.6
3185712963Magna CartaCharter agreed by king and people for peace and protection between two.7
3185712964CharlemagneA king that expanded territory in military conquest.8
3185712965Dominic and FranciscansDominic order arose out of the desire of a Spanish priest Dominic de guaman to defend church. Franciscans lived among people preaching repentance and aiding the poor. Their calls for a return to the simplicity and poverty of the early church.9
3185712966St. BenedictFounded a monastic house, wrote set rules, established the basic form of monastic life.10
3185712967Common LawLaw common to entire kingdom of England. Imposed by the Kings courts beginning in the twelfth century to replace customary law varied from place to place.11
3185712968MonasticismMovement that began early Christianity whose purpose was to create communities of men and women who practiced communal life dedicated to God as a moral example to the world around them.12
3185712969GuildsAssociation of people with common interest and concerns. Control of production process, restrict entry in various trades.13
3185712970SamuraiIn service to a particular shot gun. Japanese warriors lived by s strict law code.14
3185712971ShintoState religion in Japan derived from beliefs in nature spirits. Belief in the divinity of the emperor and the sacredness of the Japanese nation.15
3185712972GothicDescribed the art/architecture of Europe. Twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries.16
3185712973HeresyThe holding of religious doctrines different from the official teachings of the church.17
3185712974RomanesqueDescribe the art and especially architecture of Europe. Eleventh and twelfth centuries.18
3185712975Commercial CapitalismEconomic system in which people invested in trade and goods in order to make profit.19
3185712976ScholasticismPhilosophical/ theological system of the medieval schools, emphasized rigorous analysis of contradictory authorities. Reconcile faith and reason.20
3185712977VassalPerson granted a fief, or landed estate for providing military services to the lord and fulfilling certain other obligations.21
3185712978DaiymoProminent Japanese families who provided allegiance to local shogun in exchange for protection.22
3185712979BakufoCentralized government set up in Japan in twelfth century.23
3185712980FiefLanded estate granted to a vassal in exchange for military services.24
3185712981ManorAn agricultural estate operated by a lord and worked by peasants who performed labor services and paid various rents and fees to the lord in exchange for protection and sustenance.25
3185712982SerfsPeasant who is bound to the land and obligated to provide labor services and pay various rents and fees to the lord.26
3185712983ChivalryIdeal of civilized behavior that emerged among the European nobility in the eleventh and twelfth centuries under the influence of the church. A code of ethics knights were expected to uphold.27
3185712984BushidoCode of conduct observed by samurai warriors.28
3185712985Taika ReformsSeventh century "change" reforms that established the centralized Japanese state.29

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