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| how society is organized, people at the bottom have the least power, at the top have the most power |
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| government system with power based on land ownership and loyalty to the lord |
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| basis of the feudal economy, based on the self-sufficient manor |
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| holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land |
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| Christians stopped the Muslims invasion of Europe (Muslims were kept to Spain) |
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| 1066, William the Conqueror defeated the English King Harold and took over England |
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| war between England and France, lasted longer than 100 years, longbow was first used in this war, as well as gunpowder |
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| a form of plague that spread quickly and killed 1/3 of the population of Europe |
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| peasants who were bound to the land and had to work it for most of their lives |
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| Great Charter, King John forced to sign it by the nobles, laid foundations for things such as due process, trial by jury, stated King was not above the law |
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