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WHH Early Mid Ages
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprenticeship | child labor which trained boys for a trade in exchange for room and board |
| Christendom | the vast Christian civilization of Western Europe |
| parish priest | spiritual leader of the local Christian church |
| monastery/convent | place where monks /nuns live and pray |
| culture | one’s “way of life“ |
| pilgrimage | journey to a religious site of significance as a show of devotion to one’s faith |
| rite | a ceremonial act or action |
| Mass | the name given to the worship service of Catholic Christians |
| church (lower case c) | the building in which Christians worship |
| Church (capital C) | the hierarchical authority of the Christian church (“the Church”) AND refers to the Christian people as one unified “body of Christ” |
| sacraments | the sacred rites of the Church which given outward sign of God’s presence |
| tithe | money paid to support the works of the Church |
| diocese | the geographic jurisdiction of a Bishop |
| Bishop | spiritual and ecclesiastical laws leader of the Church in a specific geographic jurisdiction cathedral |
| cathedral | home church of the Bishop and seat of authority and a diocese |
| parish | local congregation of believers under a pastor (parish priest) |
| priest | male authorized by ordination to perform the sacred rites of a religion |
| doctrine | laws/rules taught as a principle of a religion |
| monastic | people or things related to living in a monastery |
| monastery or Abbey (convent) | building which houses persons under religious vows (monks/nuns) |
| monk | man who takes religious vows (poverty, chastity and obedience) |
| nun | woman who takes religious vows (poverty, chastity and obedience) |
| Abbot (male) or Abbess (female) | person who is the leader in a monastery or convent |
| chastity | physical and mental purity: abstinence from any sexual activity |
| vow | a solemn promise to do or not do something |
| scriptorium | a copying room for scribes especially in a medieval monastery |
| Liturgy of the Hours aka Divine Office | daily prayers of the Church required for all religious persons (under vows) and optional for the laity |
| Charles Martel | King of the Franks who prevented the Moors advance into France in 732 AD and founded feudalism |
| Charlemagne | grandson of Charles Martel, King of the Franks 768-814 A.D., Holy Roman Emperor 800 A.D. |
| feudalism | hierarchical political system of rule in the Middle Ages establishing mutual obligations between the peasants, knights, nobles and King |
| King | leader in a kingdom; under feudalism assigns land to nobles in exchange for money and knights; receives taxes from all of kingdom |
| knight (vassal) | lesser Lords who pledged military service and loyalty to the greater Lord in exchange for land |
| Lords (Nobles) | upper-class royalty, assigned fief to knights in exchange of military protection |
| serfs | people who are “tied to the land”; along with peasants they work the land for a knight/noble in exchange for protection |
| peasants | people who work the land but are free to leave whenever they want; their work supplies food for all on the fief |
| missi dominici (MIHsee daw mih NEE chee) | Charlemagne’s officials who went to check on roads, listen to grievances, and see that justice was done under each of the provincial rulers (nobles) |
| fief | any size area of land given by a greater Lord to a lesser Lord in exchange for loyalty and military service |
| manoralism | the economic system of feudalism which properly run were self-sufficient |
| Manor house | house in which the Lord/noble lived on a fief, would be among the largest buildings |
| Middle Ages (medieval) | the time period between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance approximately 500 A.D. through 1300 A.D. |
| sowing | the action of planting seeds |
| Holy Roman Emperor | after the collapse of Rome, the Pope would give this title to strong Christian leaders who conquered in the name of Christ |
| Franks | name of the people under Charles Martel and Charlemagne located in modern-day France |
| The Moors | Muslims from North Africa that conquered parts of Spain, attempted to go further in Europe but were unsuccessful |
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