The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 6: The Making of Western Europe

Matching


 
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comitatus
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Wergeld
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Justinian's Code
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heavy-wheeled plow
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three-field system
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monasticism
A)A Germanic warrior band organized under the leadership of an established chief.
B)Literally, "man-payment"; in Germanic tribes, as a means to prevent feuds, payments given in compensation for crimes committed; the amount of compensation depended on the social rank of the individual.
C)Agricultural system in which two-thirds of the land was cultivated on a rotating basis; it replaced the two-field system and resulted in increased productivity.
D)Practice of withdrawing from daily life to devote oneself to prayer in isolated communities.
E)Known as the Corpus Iuris Civilis, this was the codification of Roman law undertaken by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 528.
F)A heavy, powerful plow that cut more deeply into the ground, forming furrows that drained excess water. It permitted cultivation of heavier river valley soils.
Chambers, The Western Experience, 10th Edition
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