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Middle ages
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Resident | someone who lives or stays in a place, such as in a country. |
| collapse | To become to 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 a society. |
| Landmass | One very large, unbroken area of land. |
| Topography | arrangement of physical features. |
| Middle ages | Period between the collapse of Roman Empire, about A.D. 500, and the beginning of the Modern Age, about A.D. 1500. |
| Medieval | Related to the Middle Ages. |
| Charlemagne | One of the most famous rulers of the early Middle Ages. |
| Diffusion | Or spread. |
| Religious Order | A community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows. |
| Benedict of Nursia | Had a lasting effect on monastic life. |
| Abbot | Head of a Monastery. |
| St. Patrick | A boy captured by prates and sold into slavery in Ireland. |
| Sacraments | Scared rites of the Church. |
| Fief | Grant of land. |
| Serf | Peasants who were legally ''tied'' to the lords land and could not leave. |
| Chivalry | Christian warrior's code of behavior |
| Manor | Self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord. |