Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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The French representative assembly, composed of the three social "estates" in France, first convened by Philip IV.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

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

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

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

The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.

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