Chapter 2 Vocab

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Define Navigable

Back

Wide and deep enough to sail

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Vernacular

Back

Everyday spoken language of a region

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Define Vassal

Back

A person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty.

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Define Feudalism

Back

The dominant social system in medieval Europe where nobility held lands from the Crown for military service, vassals were tenants of nobles, and peasants (villeins or serfs) lived on lords' land, giving homage, labor, and produce in exchange for protection.

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Define Fief

Back

A feudal estate belonging to a vassal

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Define Concordat

Back

Between the Pope and a monarch or ruler.

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Define Heresy

Back

Ideas that go against the church

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Define Guilds

Back

A group of merchants or craftsmen during Medieval times

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Define Arithmetic

Back

Math

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Define Fjords

Back

Wide and deep for ships.