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Dark Ages 1
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Term | Definition |
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King Author | Legendary leader of Britain in the Middle Ages inspired epic poems and stories. |
Illuminated manuscripts | In the 600's and 700's, monks made beautiful copies of religious writings. These images preserved at least a part of Rome's intellectual heritage. |
Tithes | Percentage of earnings, wealth, or belongings paid to the church, king, or landowner. Similar to taxes. |
Germanic tribes | Barbarians that attacked the Roman Empire. |
Charlemagne | King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons(742-814). |
Vassal | Less powerful noble who promises to fight for a lord in exchange for a piece of land from the lord's fief. |
Dark age | Time with little change in culture and a lack of structure to civilization. |
Holy Roman Empire | A political and religious uniting of Europe that began in 800AD. |
Tournaments | A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. |
Three field system | Way of farming where farmer allows one field to be unused and rotated. |
Missionary | Someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country. |
Monastery | A place for religious people to live and study. |
Pope | The head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
Canon law | Laws under the authority of the church. |
Clovis | King of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic 'Louis' (466-511). |
Excommunication | The act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of he Church; cutting a person off from a religious society. |
Feudalism | The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war. |
Code of Chivalry | Rules that Knights had to live by; serve lord on earth, heavenly father, chosen lady. Take care of weak and poor. |
Fief | A piece of land held under the feudal system. |
Serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord. |