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SS - Test Chap.13 A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles Martel | He prevented Moors from taking France |
| St. Augustine | He was responsible from bringing Christianity to England |
| stirrup | the part of a horse's saddle where the knight puts his foot |
| coat-of-arms | an emblem or patch sewed to the outside of a knights clothing that identified his allegiance |
| "keep" | the main part of a castle |
| monasticism | the way of life for monks and nuns in monasteries and convents |
| manorial system | a societal system where peasants were to work the land that belonged to a noble, but had to give him part of all their crops |
| parish priest | the lowest level on the churches leadership, they were the ones that MOST people had direct contact with |
| Merovingians | Christian Frankish kings |
| knights | chosen from noble class to be the protectors of the manor |
| St. Benedict | the man who created the traditional rules for living in the monastery |
| Pepin III | the 1st king of the Carolingians |