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Foy WH Ch. 17 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Eurasia | a large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia |
topography | the shape and elevation of the land in a region |
Middle Ages | a period that lasted from about 500 to 1500 AD in Europe |
medieval | referring to the Middle Ages |
monk | a religious man who lived apart from society in an isolated community |
monastery | a community of monks |
knight | a warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horseback |
vassal | a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land in medieval Europe |
feudalism | the system of obligations that governed the relationships between lords and vassals in medieval Europe |
manor | a large estate owned by a knight or lord |
serf | a worker in medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which he or she lived |