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Europe Vocab
Europe Middle Ages Vocab Heidi Camacho
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Resident | someone who lives or stays in a place ,such as in a country. |
| 2.Collaspe | to become too weak to continue. |
| 3.Institute | to introduce or start a system or rule. |
| 4.Convert | to change from one form to another,such as from one religion to another. |
| 5.Involve | to include something. |
| 6.Role | position that someone has in a society. |
| 7.Landmass | one very large,unbroken area of land. |
| 8.Topography | arrangement of physical features. |
| 9.Middle Ages | period between the collapse of the Roman Empire,about A.D 500,and the begging of the Modern Age,about A.D 1500. |
| 10.Medieval | related to the Middle Ages . |
| 11.Charlemagne | the son of Pepin . |
| 12.Diffusion | spread of Christianity throughout Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. |
| 13.Religious Order | a community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows. |
| 14.Benedict of Nursia | a lasting effect on monastic life. |
| 15.Abbot | head of the monastery. |
| 16.St.Patrick | one of the earliest and most famous missionaries that was a British-born. |
| 17.Sacraments | sacred rites of the church. |
| 18.Fief | grant of land. |
| 19.Serfs | peasants who were legally ''tied'' to the lords land and could not leave it. |
| 20.Chivalry | christian worriers code of behavior. |
| 21.Manor | the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord. |