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Feudalism | The economic and political system that developed in Europe during the middle ages. |
Lord | a ruler or a powerful landowner |
Knight | an armed warrior |
Peasant | is feudalism, person who worked the land |
Serf | a person who is bound to the land exchange for protection |
Clovis | a young ambitious warrior who at the age of 15 became king of the Franks |
Charlemagne | A Holy Roman emperor |
Fief | Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service. |
Crusades | a series of religious wars launched against Muslims by European Christians |
Black death | A deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas. |