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• International Medieval Bibliography (English)
  ...tps://0-apps.brepolis.net.catalog.sewanee.edu/bmb/search.cfm International Medieval Bibliography (English)]''''' Index of sources on the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500.
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• Middle Ages
  ...ons of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_M ...rolingian dynasty], briefly established an empire covering much of Western Europe; the Carolingian Empire in the later 8th and early 9th century, when it suc
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• Fealty
  In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval Europe], fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (vassal) and a pe ...ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Japan#Feudal_Japan_.281185-1603.29 medieval Japan], as well as in [[modern]] [[political]] [[contexts]].
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• Proverb
  ...eval Latin have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe, although almost every [[culture]] has examples of its own.[https://en.wiki
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• Slavery
  ...South America, slavery was the engine that drove the mercantile empires of Europe. The institution was as old as time - finding explicit sanction in the Bibl ...ope, who were the last ethnic group to be captured and enslaved in Central Europe.[6][7] For thousands of years, according to Adam Smith and Auguste Comte, a
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• Courteous
  ...nners]]. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] in Europe, the [[behaviour]] expected of the gentry was compiled in [https://en.wikip In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_India medieval India] too, [[nobility]] and [[royalty]] were expected to display courteous
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• Clarion
  ...ish], from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French ''clairon'', from Medieval Latin ''clarion''-, ''clario'', from [[Latin]] ''clarus'' [[clear]] ...us'' (bright or clear), and the verb ''claro'' (to make clear). Throughout Europe, an [[eclectic]] set of variations on clarion came into use. The [[meaning]
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• Scriptorium
  ''''Scriptorium'''' is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European [[monasteries]] devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic ...f the [[Cistercian]] order at [[Cîteaux]], one of the best-documented high-medieval scriptoria, developed a "house style" in the first half of the twelfth cent
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• Vagrant
  ...le fairy tales] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Europe medieval Europe], [[beggars]] cast [[curses]] on anyone who was insulting or stingy towards
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• Ordeal
  In medieval Europe, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_combat trial by combat], trial ...ants]]—presumably innocent—could pass them. If this [[theory]] is correct, medieval [[superstition]] was actually a useful [[motivating]] [[force]] for [[justi
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• Viking
  ...g Age [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune runic] inscriptions and in later medieval writings in set [[expressions]] such as the phrasal verb ''fara í víkin'' ...ulture, Viking art, Viking religion, Viking ship, and so on. The people of medieval Scandinavia are also referred to as Norse, although this term properly appl
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• Erfurt
  ...driven from the city, and the ghetto burned. Recently, the remains of the medieval [[synagogue]] have been discovered beneath newer buildings, and are being r
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• Faculty
  ...ish] faculte, from Anglo-French faculté, from Medieval Latin & [[Latin]]; Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas branch of [[learning]] or [[teaching]], from Lat ...[privilege]] to [[establish]] these four faculties was usually part of all medieval charters for [[universities]], but not every university could in [[reality]
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• Mime
  ...imus'', although performances were not necessarily [[silent]]. In Medieval Europe, early forms of mime such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Play mu
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• Zero
  French or Italian; French ''zéro'', from Italian ''zero'', from Medieval Latin ''zephirum'', from Arabic ''ṣifr'' ...up in North Africa and is credited with introducing the decimal system to Europe, used the term ''zephyrum''. This became ''zefiro'' in Italian, which was c
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• Anthology
  ...ium], a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in medieval Europe for an anthology of Latin [[proverbs]] and textual excerpts. Shortly before
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• Crucible
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''corusible'', from Medieval Latin ''crucibulum'' earthen pot for melting metals ...iest crucible forms derive from the sixth/fifth millennium B.C. in Eastern Europe and Iran.
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• Compost
  Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''compostum'', from [[Latin]], neuter of ''compositus'', ''compostus' ...is fast overtaking composting in some parts of the world including central Europe as a primary means of downcycling waste organic matter.[https://en.wikipedi
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• Pilgrims
  ...stians]] secured the liberty of pilgrimage, on payment of a tax by treaty. Medieval military orders, such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar ...ty among the [[pagan]] [[population]] in Britain as well as in continental Europe.
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• Geomancy
  ...DDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''geomancie'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''geomantia'', from Late Greek ''geōmanteia'', from Greek geō- + -m .... It was one of the most popular forms of divination throughout Africa and Europe, particularly during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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