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Alfred the Great- King of Wessex who led forces to push back the Danes back to the north.

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/charlemagne.html
Charlemagne- Emperor who used military power for success

https://books.google.co.jp/books/about/Domesday_Book.html?
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Domesday Book- a book that William used to create a central tax system.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/eleanor_of_aquitaine.shtml
Elenor of Aquitaine- powerful French duchess who married Henry II.

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fealty- loyalty to one's country or ruler

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feudal system- system of exchanging land for service

https://sites.google.com/a/ncps-k12.org/manews-h-underwood2012/politics/pope-announces-excommunication-says-loyalty-not-owed-to-henry-iv
Henry IV- holy Roman emperor

http://www.robweir.com/genealogy/mytree/p1193.htm
Hugh Capet- the first family member of the noble family who rose in France called the
Capetians

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asternTeutonicKnights.htm
knights- armored and mounted medieval soldiers

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Leif Eriksson- Leader of the Vikings who reach North America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
Magna Carta- a British charter changing a king's arbitrary rule

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manorial system- system of exchanging large estates and manors for services.

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navigation- the art of finding a route or a way

http://www.dromo.info/otto.htm
Otto the Great- the duke of Saxony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States
Papal States- central Italian region controlled by the Pope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament
Parliament- supreme legislature of many countries

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piety- devotion to a religion or god

http://www.chriscastaldo.com/2013/02/25/pop
e-benedict-xvis-pontificate/
pontificate- officiate as bishop, especially at Mass.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9692914
Pope Gregory VII- The papal in the late 1000s

http://undevicesimus.deviantart.com/art/The-Reconquista-AD722-1492-367868851
Reconquista- the efforts to retake the Iberian Peninsula.

http://www.nordskip.com/vsagas.html
sagas- long Icelandic stories about great heroes and events.

http://www.businessinsider.com/valery-zorkin-pro-serfdom2014-9
serfs- servants that were legally tied to the manor.

http://ldelgado12.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Vassal
vassal- a person subordinate to feudal lord

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/william-theconqueror-102710281087-72929
William the Conquero-r Powerful King who claimed all the land in England as personal property.

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