global studies chp. 10 and 12 vocab

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feudalism

politicial and social order that developed during the middle ages and royal governments were no longer able to defend subjects

knight

under feudalism, a member of the heavily armored cavalry

vassal

under feudalism a man who served a lord in a military capacity

feudal contract

under feudalism, the unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lard and his vassal

chivalry

in the middle ages the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility;it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold

carruca

a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare

serf

in medieval europe, a peasent legally bound to the land who had to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to lords control

manor

in medieval europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peseants worked

bourgeoisie

the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people

medieval

of or relating to the middle ages

common law

a uniform system of law that developed in england based on court decisions and on customs and usage rather than on written law codes

magna carta

the “great charter” of rights which king john was forced to sign by english nobles at runnymede in 1215

parliament

in 13th century england the representative government that emerged

sacrament

a christian right

heresy

the denial of basic church doctrines

crusades

military expeditions carried out by european christians in the middle ages to regain the holy land from the muslims

infidel

an unbeliever; applied to muslims during crusades