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Middle Ages
Brianna Pena
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| involve | to include something |
| role | position that someone has in society |
| landmass | is one very large, unbroken area of land |
| topography | or arrangement of physical features |
| middle ages | period between the collapse of the roman empire, about A.D. 500, and the beginning of the modern ages, about A.D. 1500 |
| medieval | which means related to the Middle Ages |
| Charlemagne | or Charles the Great |
| diffusion | or spread |
| religious orders | is a community of men and women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows |
| Benedict of Nursia | an italian monk |
| abbot | or head of the monastery |
| St. Patrick | one of the earliest and most famous missionaries was a British-born Christian |
| sacraments | the sacred rites of the church |
| fief | or giant land |
| serf | were peasants who were legally "tied" of the lord's land and could not leave it |
| chivalry | christian warrior code and behavior |
| manor | was the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord |