The period 1378-1417, marked by divided papal allegiances in Latin Christendom.
Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
A trade network of allied ports along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, founded in 1256.
All territories within France controlled directly by the king.
An outward and physical sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
The native, common spoken language of a particular region.
A written order issued by a court, commanding the party to whom it is addressed to perform or cease performing a specified act.
A medieval method of determining theological and philosophical truth by using Aristotelian logic.
A representative assembly in England that, by the fourteenth century, was composed of great lords (both lay and ecclesiastical) and representatives from two other groups: shire knights and town burgesses.
An arrangement in which vassals were protected and maintained by their lords, usually through the granting of fiefs, and required to serve under them in war.
The law of the church.
A term initiated by William I to designate feudal vassals who held lands in return for service and loyalty to the king.
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