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What is meant by “Lordship” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Lordship involved authority over land, people, or obligations in varied local arrangements.
What is meant by “Vassalage” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Vassalage linked personal allegiance and service within some elite political relationships.
What is meant by “Manorialism” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Manorial arrangements organized rural production and obligations around an estate.
What is meant by “Serfdom” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Serfdom constrained peasants' legal and economic freedom in varying systems.
What is meant by “Kingship” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Kingship exercised authority through institutions, negotiation, and resources rather than limitless uniform control.
What is meant by “Feudalism limitation” in this lesson?Land, labor, and political power: Feudalism is a debated organizing label that can obscure regional and temporal differences.
What is meant by “Latin Church” in this lesson?Religion and learning: The Latin Church developed influential western European institutions and religious authority.
What is meant by “Eastern Christianity” in this lesson?Religion and learning: Eastern Christian traditions developed institutions and practices connected with Byzantine and other regional histories.
What is meant by “Monastery” in this lesson?Religion and learning: A monastery organized a religious community and could support landholding, learning, and charitable activity.
What is meant by “University” in this lesson?Religion and learning: Medieval universities formed corporate communities of teachers and students.
What is meant by “Scholasticism” in this lesson?Religion and learning: Scholastic methods used structured reasoning and textual debate in medieval learning.
What is meant by “Religious minorities” in this lesson?Religion and learning: Jewish and other minorities experienced diverse relationships, restrictions, and episodes of persecution.
What is meant by “Mediterranean trade” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: Mediterranean routes connected European, African, and Asian commercial centers.
What is meant by “Guild” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: A guild organized aspects of a trade or craft with locally varying rules.
What is meant by “Urban growth” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: Urban growth expanded towns and commercial activity under different local conditions.
What is meant by “Crusades” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: Crusades involved religiously framed warfare with political, economic, and social dimensions.
What is meant by “Black Death” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: The fourteenth-century plague caused massive mortality and varied social and economic consequences.
What is meant by “Interregional exchange” in this lesson?Trade, cities, and the Black Death: Exchange moved goods and knowledge while also transmitting disease and conflict.