Vocab SSWH7

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Monasteries

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A religious community of men (called monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship.

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Fief

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An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe

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An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe

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Fief

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In feudal Europe, a person who received grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty.

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Vassal

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In medieval Europe, an armored warrior who fought on horseback.

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Knight

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A medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord's estate

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Serf

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A lord's estate in feudal Europe

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Manor

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A family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church

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Tithing/Tithe

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Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people

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Bubonic Plague

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king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombard's and Saxons (742-814)

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Charlemagne