Middle Ages key terms: Byzantium, feudalism and Islam

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Definitions

MIddle Ages: period in history which starts in 476 with the fall of the W.R.E and finishes with the fall of the E.R.E in 1453

Codex JUstinianus: it is a copilation of laws took during the reign of JUstinian the Great

Cyrillic Alphabet: it was the result of when the byzantine emisaries try to teach slavic people Greek.

Great Scism: this was when THe Patriarc of costantinople and the pope of rome dicvided the church into 2

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Major of the palace: was such as the prime minister of the middle ages. One famous one was Pippin the younger

Donation of Pippin: this was when Pippin helped the pope to had a supporter and the lands that pippin won were donated to the Church

Treaty of Vernum: this was when the three grandsons of Charlemafne dicided the empire into three parts

Hegira: this was when Muhammad was expelled from Mecca

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Feudalism: during middle ages feudalism was established in the Christian countries. It was characterished because of the loss of monarch power and the economy based in the fiefdom

Vassal: was a person that promises to a more powerful person his loyality, his life. THe vassal knelt to his lord and swore a swore. THe vassal stays with the lord and the lord gives him protection

Tithe: was a taxes that the lord recieved from the third order

Demesne: lands of the lord

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Tenements:were lands given to the peasants from the lord and inexange of them to have lands they had to give some piece to the lord

MIlitary order : was a class of regular church that instead of spreading the word of law pacificly they fought

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