A medieval method of determining theological and philosophical truth by using Aristotelian logic.
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.
The native, common spoken language of a particular region.
The law of the church.
A trade network of allied ports along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, founded in 1256.
The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.
An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
The French representative assembly, composed of the three social "estates" in France, first convened by Philip IV.
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.
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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