Social Studies 8 Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Black Death

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

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Renaissance

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

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Feudalism

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

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fief

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

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vassal

A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

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hierarchy

A group organized by rank

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noble

a person of high rank by birth or title

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manor

a large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord.

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freeman

peasants who rented land or worked for pay

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serf

a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

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monastery

a place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world

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journeyman

a person who has learned a particular trade or craft but has not become an employer, or master

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Sumptuary Laws

laws limiting the consumption of certain goods to particular classes of people

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tithe

church tax

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monastic

relating to or resembling a monastery (where monks or nuns live), esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries

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allegiance

loyalty

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guild

an organization of people in the same craft or trade

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worldview

A person's view of the world, consisting of the set of beliefs on which s/he bases her/his life.

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apprentice

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

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Lord

In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals

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The Crown

royal power or authority, a person having such power, or the government of a country ruled by a king or queen

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clergymen

a male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.

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merchant

a person who buys and sells goods

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rural

countryside

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urban

city

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Aristocracy

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

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parishioners

members of the church

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