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Europe middle ages
alyssa cervantes period 4 S.S
Term | Definition |
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resident | someone who lives or stays in a place, such as in a country |
collapse | to become too weak to continue |
institute | to introduce or start a system or rule |
convert | to change from one form to another, such as from one religion to another |
invole | to include something |
role | position that someone has in a society |
landmass | in fact, a glance at the globe shows that the Eurasian landmass is one very large, unbroken area of land |
topography | Europe has a wide variation in its topography, or arrangement of physical features |
middle ages | the Germanic migrations signaled the beginning of a new period of European history known as the middle ages |
medieval | historians also use the term medieval, which means related to middle ages , to describe this period |
Charlemagne | history knows him as Charlemagne, or Charles the great |
diffusion | you will read about the diffusion, or spread, of Christianity throughout Europe after the fall of the western roman empire |
religious order | a religious order is a community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows |
Benedict of nursia | an Italian monk named Benedict of nursia had a lasting effect on monastic life |
abbot | the abbot, or head of the monastery, would then decide whether the man was worthy to join the order |
St. Patrick | one of the earliest-and most famous-missionaries was a British-born Christian named St. Patrick |
sacraments | they also had to observed the sacraments |
fief | a lord gave a fief, or grant of land, to a loyalfollower |
serfs | serfs were peasents who were legally ''tied'' to the lord's land and could not leave it |
chivalry | a knight was expected to act according to the principles of chivalry |
manor | a manor was the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord |