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Term | Definition |
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cathedral | Large important church |
clergy | The body of people such as church or priest. |
excommunicate | Deprive someone of the member of the church |
monasticism | A way of living in which men and women devote themselves to their faith |
monk | Someone who devotes their life to pray |
nun | A women who has devoted their live to praying |
persecute | A person who suffers because of their beliefs |
pilgrimage | A journey to a holy site |
monastery | A community of monks |
rhetoric | A study of persuasive writing and speaking |
sacrament | A solemn rite of christian churches |
university | A school of advanced learning |
theology | theology |
apprentice | a beginning worker |
architect | a designer of buildings |
banking | the business of operating a bank, in which money is kept, exchanged, and loaned |
barbarian | a person who belongs to a tribe or clan that is wild and unrefined |
bishop | a high-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church |
charter | a written agreement giving certain rights or privileges |
chivalry | the code of conduct by which knights were supposed to live |
Crusade | any of the military expeditions that European Christians made during the Middle Ages to capture Jerusalem from the Muslims |
crusader | a person who joined the Crusades |
Dark Ages | period in European history from about 500 to 1000. |
demand | (n) the desire for something; (v) to ask or require something |
divine right | the idea that monarchs get their authority from God |
excommunicate | to expel someone from membership in the Roman Catholic Church |
feudalism | the political and economic system in Europe during the Middle Ages, based on the relationship of a lord and vassals |
friar | a member of a religious order who owns no personal property |
guild | an organization of the Middle Ages made up of people working in the same occupation |
invasion | an attack into another nation’s territory |
knight | a soldier in the Middle Ages who served a king or lord |
lord | a person of high rank; in the feudal system, the proprietor of a manor or an estate |
Magna Carta | the English document that limited the power of the king and protected rights of the noble |
manor | a large farm or estate |
merchant | a person who buys and sells goods |
Middle Ages: | the period in Europe from about 500–1500 |