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Chapter 6 vocab. Class: HIST - Western Civilization; Subject: History; University: Broward Community College; Term: Forever 1989;
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TERM 1
DEFINITION 1 Germanic tribal leaders attempting to reduce hostilities by establishing payments known as wergeld, in place of blood vengeance demanded in reparation of crimes. Such wergeld, were normally paid in cattle or slaves, was voluntary, since the right of vengeance was generally recognized, and the unity of the tribe remained precarious. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Comitatus was a Germanic friendship structure that compelled kings to rule in consultation with their warriors. young warriors formed personal bonds with able leaders and pledged them absolute loyalty. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 The Council of Chalcedon is considered by the Roman Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, the Old Catholics, and various other Western Christian groups to have been the Fourth Ecumenical Council. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 The Donatists (named for the Berber Christian Donatus Magnus) were followers of a belief considered a schism by the broader churches of the Catholic tradition, and most particularly within the context of the religious milieu of the provinces of Roman North Africa in Late Antiquity. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 The Visigoths () were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe; the Ostrogoths being the other.
TERM 6
DEFINITION 6 The Huns were a group of nomadic pastoral people who, appearing from beyond the Volga, migrated into Europe c.