Medieval Europe Vocab

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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 group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living

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Social Class

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Movement up or down the social class ladder

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Social Mobility

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A person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king

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Nobles/Lords

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King or Queen

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Monarch

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Head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Pope

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A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.

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Knight

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Religious officials.

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Clergy

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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law

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Excommunication

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A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

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Hierarchy