Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

The medieval European system of self-sustaining agricultural estates.

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

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

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.

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

All territories within France controlled directly by the king.

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

The French representative assembly, composed of the three social "estates" in France, first convened by Philip IV.

The period 1378-1417, marked by divided papal allegiances in Latin Christendom.

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.

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