Fealty, a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord., Franks, a confederation of Germanic tribes that emerged in the 3rd century AD along the lower Rhine River, Charlemange, King of Franks, Tithes, one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy., Usury, (Christians could not do this) charging any interest or fee on a loan, Scholasticism, Understanding classic works from Greece and Rome and making them fit into the teachings of the Church., Commerce, he exchange of goods, services, and currency in Europe from the 5th to the late 15th century, Trail by ordeal, medieval judicial practice used to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused to dangerous or painful tests, Manorialism, the organizing economic and social system of medieval Europe, defined by self-sufficient landed estates (manors) managed by a lord and worked by legally bound laborers, or serfs, Reconquista, Christians kicking out the Jews and Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula, Heresy, a belief, opinion, or doctrine that strongly contradicts established, fundamental standards or beliefs, particularly accepted religious doctrines, Fair, Event where merchants/traders would set up shops to sell goods from other places, William the conqurer, Took england and declared England his personal property, taking the land from the lords who supported Harold and gave them to about 200 Norman lords who swore oaths of loyalty to him., Parliaments devolpiment, Parliament is a legislative group composed of burgesses. Edward I felt the need to put it together because he needed to raise taxes for a war against the French, Welsh, and Scots.

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