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ch.8 vocab words
byzantine, muslums, etc.
Question | Answer |
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dowry | money or goods a wife brings to a marriage |
icons | religious pictures |
icnonoclasts | byzantine who believed that the presence of icons constituted idol worship |
iconoclastic controversy | arguement between the supportres and the opponents of icons |
heresy | opinion that conflicts with the church doctrine |
excommunication | official act that bars a person form any religious acts |
mosaics | pictures or designs formed by inlaid pieces of stone, glass or enamel |
steppe | vast, grassy plain in eastern Europe |
boyars | members of the social class of nobels in Kievan society |
metropolitan | chief bishop of the Kievan church |
taiga | forest zone in nothern region of Kievan states |