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.

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

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.

An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

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

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

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

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

The law of the church.

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.

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