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Europe Vocab
Europe Vocab Derek Arbues
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| resident | someone who lives or stays in a place, such as a country. |
| collapse | to become too weak to continue |
| institute | to introduce or start system a system or rule |
| convert | to change from one form to another, such as from one religion to another |
| involve | to include something |
| role | position that someone has in a society. |
| landmass | is one very large unbroken area of land |
| topography | means arrangement of physical features |
| Middle Ages | means the period between the |
| Medieval | means related to history or the Middle ages. |
| Charlemagne | He was one of history's greatest rulers. |
| diffusion | meant spread. |
| Religious Order | means a community of men and women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows. |
| Benedict of Nursia | was a Italian monk. |
| Abbot | meant head of the monastery. |
| St. Patrick | he was a missionary that was a born Christian. |
| sacraments | sacred rites of the church. |
| fief | means grant or land. |
| serfs | were peasants who were legally tied to the lords land and could not leave it. |
| Chivalry | Christian warrior code of behavior. |
| Manor | meant the self sufficient estate of a medieval lord. |