Middle Ages Vocab

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Political system providing member protection.

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Feudalism

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A person under the protection of a feudal lord.

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Vassal

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Castle, fief, or estate of a lord.

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Manor

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An armed soldier serving a lord.

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Knight

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Group of people organized by rank.

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Hierarchy

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A peasant bound to work the land of a lord.

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Serf

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Wealthy, powerful landowner

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patrician

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In medieval Europe, a peasant legally bound to the land, providing labor and paying rents under the lord's control.

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serf

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Agricultural estate in medieval Europe run by a lord, worked by peasants.

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manor

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Ideal of civilized behavior among nobility in the Middle Ages; a code of ethics for knights.

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chivalry