| A | B |
|---|
| mayor of the palace | in charge of royal household and estate |
| papal states | land owned by pope |
| merovingian | long-haired king |
| feudalism | the practice of landed aristocrats or nobles providing protection in return for service |
| vassalage | practice that nobles grant land to vassels |
| chivalry | ideal of civilized behavior, code of ethics for knights |
| simony | buying and selling of church offices |
| lay investiture | the practice by which secular rulers chose nominees to church offices |
| charter | agreement by lord allowing a town on his land |
| serf | slaves, bound to land |
| fief | land given under vasselage |
| knight | professional soldiers |
| vassel | the man who is granted a fief by lord |
| guilds | associations of poeple w/ common aims and interests |
| lord | main rulers |
| patriarch | leader of eastern orthodox church |
| fairs | local markets attracting a variety of products |
| treaty of verdun | 843 divided empire after Louis the Pious' death to his three sons |
| concordat of worms | 1122 agreement that the church would grant a bishop his spiritual powers, and a lay person would grant the bishop land |
| bayeux tapestry | recounts the battle of Hastings |
| hagia sophia | 557 church built by Justinian |
| battle of hastings | 1066 William Duke of Normandy defeats english |
| hippodrome | huge arena, ampitheater |
| battle of tours | 732 Charles Martel defeats Muslims |
