Early Middle Ages

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  1. 3. Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s
  2. 4. a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s
  3. 5. a peasant bound to the lord's land
  4. 8. body of laws of a church
  5. 9. economic system that functions by people working the land and paying taxes
  6. 10. political founder of the kingdom of the Franks. His kingdom was the most powerful in Gaul. One of the first Germanic kings to convert to Christianity.
  7. 13. Muslims (followers of Islam) who live in Spain
  8. 14. Political system of government based on the granting of land
  9. 15. served as mayor of the palace for Frankish kingdom. Halted the last great Muslim advance into Europe (Battle of Tours, 732)
  10. 17. European noble who served as a mounted warrior
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  1. 1. land granted by a lord in exchange for service and loyalty
  2. 2. king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. United peoples, conducted a long series of successful military campaigns, spread Christianity, made effective political procedures, and supported cultural renewal
  3. 3. a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord
  4. 6. battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks defeated the Muslim armies (Moors) & stopped the advance of Islam into Europe
  5. 7. A way of living that is religious, isolated from other people, and self-disciplined
  6. 11. sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
  7. 12. having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters;nonreligious
  8. 16. an ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary. Raided areas to steal people for slavery