A trade network of allied ports along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, founded in 1256.
The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.
The period 1378-1417, marked by divided papal allegiances in Latin Christendom.
A term initiated by William I to designate feudal vassals who held lands in return for service and loyalty to the king.
The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.
A representative assembly in England that, by the fourteenth century, was composed of great lords (both lay and ecclesiastical) and representatives from two other groups: shire knights and town burgesses.
The French representative assembly, composed of the three social "estates" in France, first convened by Philip IV.
The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.
The urban-based middle class between the wealthy aristocracy and the working class.
Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
All territories within France controlled directly by the king.
An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
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