Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.

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

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

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

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

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

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

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.

All territories within France controlled directly by the king.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

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

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