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Middle Ages
Brianna Pena
Term | Definition |
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resident | someone who lives or stays in a place, such as in a country |
collapse | to become too weak to continue |
institute | to introduce or start a system or rule |
convert | to change from one form to another, such as from one religion to another |
involve | to include something |
role | position that someone has in society |
landmass | is one very large, unbroken area of land |
topography | or arrangement of physical features |
middle ages | period between the collapse of the roman empire, about A.D. 500, and the beginning of the modern ages, about A.D. 1500 |
medieval | which means related to the Middle Ages |
Charlemagne | or Charles the Great |
diffusion | or spread |
religious orders | is a community of men and women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows |
Benedict of Nursia | an italian monk |
abbot | or head of the monastery |
St. Patrick | one of the earliest and most famous missionaries was a British-born Christian |
sacraments | the sacred rites of the church |
fief | or giant land |
serf | were peasants who were legally "tied" of the lord's land and could not leave it |
chivalry | christian warrior code and behavior |
manor | was the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord |