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.

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.

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

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

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

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.

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

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

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

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