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- 2. An area of land given to a person to farm in exchange for certain obligations; also known as a manor
- 4. religious wars in which Christians from Europe attempted to retake the Holy Lands from Muslims
- 7. Economic portion of feudalism where all aspects of life were centered on the lord’s manor including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's castle or manor house.
- 9. Death An infectious disease transmitted by fleas. It is characterized by fever, chills, and the formation of swellings. Also known as the Black Plague or bubonic plague.
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- 1. Ages Time period in European history between the fall of Rome in 476 C.E. and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance in the early 15th century.
- 3. System A social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life; serfs worked for lords in exchange for protection
- 4. Code of conduct for knight and nobles during European feudalism.
- 5. Farmers who were tied to the land during European feudalism. They were not slaves because they could not be bought or sold, but they could not readily leave the manor either.
- 6. A person owing service to a feudal lord.
- 8. Carta A document granting rights to both the Church in England and the Nobility signed by King John in 1215. This is considered to be the beginnings of British democracy.