Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

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

The French representative assembly, composed of the three social "estates" in France, first convened by Philip IV.

All territories within France controlled directly by the king.

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

The law of the church.

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

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

A trade network of allied ports along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, founded in 1256.

An arrangement in which vassals were protected and maintained by their lords, usually through the granting of fiefs, and required to serve under them in war.

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

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

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