Chapter 8 history terms
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- medieval
- referring to the Middle Ages in Europe or the period of history between ancient and modern times
- frontier
- sparsely populated, undeveloped area on the outskirts of a civilization
- missi dominici
- officials who administered the law
- curriculum
- formal course of study
- feudalism
- system of rule in which local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords
- vassal
- lesser lords
- feudal contract
- exchange of pledges between lords and vassals
- fief
- estate
- knight
- mounted warrior
- tournament
- mock battle
- chivalry
- code of conduct adopted by knights
- troubadours
- wandering poets
- manor
- lord's estate
- serfs
- peasants bound to the land
- sacrament
- sacred rites of the church
- tithe
- tax equal to one-tenth of their income
- secular
- worldly
- papal supremacy
- authority over all secular rulers
- canon law
- body of Church laws which applied to religious teachings
- excommunication
- punishment in which people could not receive sacraments or a proper Christian burial
- interdict
- punishment in which an entire town could not receive sacraments or a proper Christian burial
- simony
- selling of Church offices
- friar
- monks who traveled around Europe preaching to the poor
- antisemitism
- prejudice against Jews
- charter
- written document that set out the rights and privileges of the town
- capital
- money for investment
- partnership
- joining of merchants in an organization
- bill of exchange
- document allowing a person to deposit money in one city and withdraw it in another, thus making traveling a lot safer and easier
- tenant farmers
- people who paid rent for their land
- guild
- association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests
- apprentice
- trainee
- journeymen
- salaried workers
- usury
- lending of money at interest
- middle Class
- merchant class between nobles and peasants