Feudalism

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Feudalism

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A type of government; land = power; power can be shown in a hierarchy

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Manorialism

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Economic system where labor and crops are exchanged for protection and access to land on which to work

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Serf

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A person bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

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Pope

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Religious leader of The Church during the Middle Ages

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Fief

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Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

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Vassal

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A subject that was given land (fief) from his lord in exchange for loyalty and protection

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Lord

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The person who gave land and received loyalty and protection

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Tithe

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To pay 1/10 of one's income to the church

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Chivalry

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The code of behavior for knights

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The Church

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The single organization that represented Christianity in Europe during the Middle Ages; made up of thousands of individual churches