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Ch 16 - Age of Faith
Medieval History - Chapter 16
Question | Answer |
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crop rotation | changing the use of fields over time |
three-field system | planting of fields in one-third sections, using 2 for different crop types and 1 left fallow |
fallow | unplanted |
guild | group of people who practice the same craft who join together in single city of the common good |
mendicant | to live on donations, not in a monastery |
St. Francis of Assisi | A young rich man who changed his life to live simply |
St. Clare of Assisi | founded an order of nuns based on the teachings of St. Francis |
cathedral | major church of an area, presided over by a bishop |
university | schools or group of schools that train scholars at the highest level |
Thomas Aquinas | French philosopher who argued the Greek teaching and catholic faith were not mutually exclusive |
natural law | all laws of nature govern both the natural world and human affairs |
famine | severe food shortage |
Joan of Arc | French woman who turned the tide of the Hundred Years War against the British |
epidemic | wide-spread outbreak of disease |
bubonic plague | deadly infection |
scapegoat | a person or people blamed for a problem they did not cause |