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Unit 10 Part 1
Ch 17 Secs 1-3
Term | Definition |
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Eurasia | the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia |
topography | the shape and elevation of land in a region |
Middle Ages | a period that lasted from about 500-1500 |
medieval period | another name for the Middle Ages |
monks | religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities |
monasteries | communities of monks |
Charlemagne | brilliant warrior and strong king who led the Franks and united many of the tribes of western Europe into a single empire in the late 700s |
knights | warriors who fought on horseback |
vassal | a lesser noble or knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land |
feudalism | a system of promises that governed the relationship between kings, nobles, vassals, and peasants |
William the Conqueror | the French noble who defeated the king of England in 1066 and brought feudalism to England |
manor | the large estate owned by a lord |
fief | smaller estate owned by a vassal or knight |
serfs | peasant workers who worked and lived on manor lands |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | powerful ruler of a French region who became Queen of France and later the Queen of England |
chivalry | the code of honorable behavior for European knights |