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Serfs in the middle ages were generally peasant farmers who provided manual labor in their master’s land. The peasants would pay the lord some dues that could be in the form of labor in exchange for using part of the lord’s land to generate their own food. Turfs were land.

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Charlemagne or Charles the Great, was king of the Franks and emperor of the West. He founded the Holy Roman Empire, stimulated European economic and political life, and fostered the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance.

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This was a court established by the Roman Catholic Church in the thirteenth century to try cases of heresy and other offenses against the church. Those convicted could be handed over to the civil authorities for punishment, including execution.

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A manor was the district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in England. An adverage manor would include a Manor House which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived. In short a small village type place.

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The Middle Ages are one of the most turbulent periods in history. Begining with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. The Middle Ages then saw the building of the great English castles, including the Tower of London, which helped the Normans to retain their hold on England. The Middle Ages were from 1066 - 1485.

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Feudalism was based on the exchage of land for millitary services. King William the conqueror used the concept of feualism to reward his Norman surporters for their help in the conquest of England. Life under the feudal system meant that everyone owed alligiance to the King an their immediate superior.

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The crusades were a series of holy wars called by popes with the promise of indulgences, such as going to heaven and land, for those who fought in them and directed against external and internal enemies of Christendom for the recovery of Christian property or in defense of the Church or Christian people  in the MIddle Ages. These occurred from 1096 to 1487.

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The Magna Carta also known as the Great Charter.The purpose of the Magna Carta was to reduce the powers of the king. This was a document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects. The Magna Carta was an attempt by barons to keep the king from abusing his power

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Church was an important part of the roman culture, it was known to control who went to heaven an who went to hell. It was the only church at the time, and it was a major political force, it could help determine which claimants to a throne would be deemed acceptable. The church was also very involved in economic life, it controlled a lot of land because it owned monasteries. At the time land was the main source of wealth. 

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Church was an important part of the roman culture, it was known to control who went to heaven an who went to hell. It was the only church at the time, and it was a major political force, it could help determine which claimants to a throne would be deemed acceptable. The church was also very involved in economic life, it controlled a lot of land because it owned monasteries. At the time land was the main source of wealth. 

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Happened because of the Bubonic pleague, a disease cause by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis which comes from the fleas of rodents (rats).