Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.

A written order issued by a court, commanding the party to whom it is addressed to perform or cease performing a specified act.

A medieval method of determining theological and philosophical truth by using Aristotelian logic.

Those countries professing Christian beliefs under the primacy of the pope.

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

The period 1378-1417, marked by divided papal allegiances in Latin Christendom.

Associations of artisans and merchants intended to protect and promote affairs of common interest.

A term initiated by William I to designate feudal vassals who held lands in return for service and loyalty to the king.

All territories within France controlled directly by the king.

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