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Dark Ages
key terms for the Dark Ages
Term | Definition |
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vacuum | a void or emptiness |
fluctuations | periodic changes |
three-field crop rotations | three fields -different crops in two and one unplanted |
university | schools of higher learning |
Germanic | groups of northern Europeans who spoke the Germanic languages. |
generation | about 25 years |
trial jury | group of citizens who decide an accused person's guilt or innocence. |
heresy | ideas that go against Church teachings. |
scholasticism | way of thinking that combines faith and reason |
fief | grant made to a vassal |
concordat | an agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country |
Missionary | person who spreads the faith |
Chivalry | customs that knights followed |
Theology | the study of religious faith |
Knight | warrior in armor on horseback |
serf | peasant tied to a manor |
mass | a Catholic worship service |
vernacular | the everyday spoken language of a region |
fjord | a narrow inlet of sea between cliffs |