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The High Middle Ages was the period of European history from around the 11th to the 13th centuries (c. 1000-1300). This period saw a rapidly increasing population of Europe, thus ...

Late Middle Ages

History; Medieval

The Late Middle Ages was the period of European history from around the 14th to the 16th century (c. 1300-1500). The Late Middle Ages marked the end of centuries of prosperity and ...

Ninja

History; Medieval

A Ninja is a kind of spy or assassin who lived in Japan beginning in the 14th century.

Augustinian Canons

History; Medieval

Religious/monastic rules based on Love of God and Neighbor, respect for authority, care of the sick, and self-discipline.

barons of the cinq ports

History; Medieval

the civic officers of the jurisdictional liberty known as the Cinq Ports, who provided ships for the king's service in return for their privileges.

borough-English

History; Medieval

Term which designates the custom of ultimogeniture (All lands inherited by the youngest son).

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Low wage trap

A term that describes the situation in which the average worker in a labour market increases his/her work effort which leads only to little or even no ...