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chivalry

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The social ethos of the medieval warrior-aristocracy that emphasized prowess, courage, loyalty, and generosity. The conduct proper for a knight, a man who rode and fought on a horse (cheval).

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primogeniture

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From primus genitus, “first born,” a social and political system whereby lands, offices, and titles were transmitted to the oldest male.

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List 4 Chivalric Qualities

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  1. Prowess
  2. Courage
  3. Loyalty
  4. Generosity
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manor

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  • Normal English name for medieval estate consisting of a lord, the person for whom the estate was exploited, and the dependent peasants, often but not always serfs.
  • Manors were usually bipartite in that some portion was reserved to the support of the lord and some part reserved to the peasants themselves.
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Cistercians

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Monks of Citeaux, in Burgundy, or their allies; a community of reformed Benedictine monks who sought primitive purity. Spread rapidly in the 12th century.

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Cluny

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Great monastery founded in Burgundy in 910 to be free of all lay control. Tremendously influential well into the 12th century, not least because of its famous abbots.