Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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A written order issued by a court, commanding the party to whom it is addressed to perform or cease performing a specified act.

The urban-based middle class between the wealthy aristocracy and the working class.

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.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

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

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

The law of the church.

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.

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

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