Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE
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An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

The native, common spoken language of a particular region.

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

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

The act of anointing with oil as a rite of consecration.

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.

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

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign.

All territories within France controlled directly by the king.

The urban-based middle class between the wealthy aristocracy and the working class.

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

Those countries professing Christian beliefs under the primacy of the pope.

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