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Term:
aristocracy
Definition:
a class of hereditary nobility in
medieval Europe; a warrior class who
shared a distinctive lifestyle based on
the institution of knighthood, although
there were social divisions within the
group based on extremes of wealth.
Term:
fief
Definition:
a landed estate granted to a vassal in
exchange for military services.
Term:
manor
Definition:
an agricultural estate operated by a
lord and worked by peasants who
performed labor services and paid
various rents and fees to the lord in
exchange for protection and
sustenance.
Term:
monogamy
Definition:
marriage to one person; promoted by
the church in the Early Middle Ages.

Term:
serfs
Definition:
agricultural laborers bound to the
land during the Middle Ages; required
to provide labor, to pay rents, and
submit to their lord's jurisdiction.
Term:
vassal
Definition:
a person granted a fief, or landed
estate, in exchange for providing
military services to the lord and
fulfilling certain other obligations
such as appearing at the lord's court
when summoned and making a
payment on the knighting of the lord's
eldest son.
Term:
bourgeoisie
Definition:
burghers; merchants and artisans who
resided in the walled cities of the High
Middle Ages.
Term:
chivalry
Definition:
the ideal of civilized behavior that
emerged among the nobility in the
eleventh and twelfth centuries under
the influence of the church; a code of
ethics knights were expected to
uphold.

Term:
commune
Definition:
in medieval Europe, an association of
townspeople bound together by a
sworn oath for the purpose of
obtaining basic liberties from the lord
of the territory in which the town was
located; also, the self-governing town
after receiving its liberties.
Term:
guild
Definition:
an association of people with common
interests and concerns, especially
people working in the same craft. In
medieval Europe, guilds came to
control much of the production
process and to restrict entry into
various trades.