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World History
Term | Definition |
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Monastery | A religious community or men(called monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship |
Secular | Concerned with worldly power than spiritual matters |
Lord | In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estate to vassals |
Fief | An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe |
Vassal | A person who received grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services |
Knight | An armored warrior who fought on horseback |
Serf | A medieval peasant legally bound to live a lord's estate |
Manor | A lord's estate in feudal Europe |
Chivalry | A code of complex set of ideals,demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters |
Clergy | Body of officials who perform religious service(bishops,priests) |
Sacraments | one of the christian ceremonies in which God's grace is transmitted to people |
Canon Law | Body of laws governing the religious practice of a christian church |
Lay Investiture | the appointment of religious officials by a king or nobles |
Simony | selling or buying of a position on a christian church |
Guild | medieval association of people working at the same occupation,which controlled its members wages and prices |
Vernacular | The everyday language of people in a region or country |
Tithe | a family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church |
Reconquista | the effort by christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, |
Inquisition | A roman catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy |