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socials history 8
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gaul | roman province (now known as France) |
| runes | ancient type of writing used by the vikings |
| wergild | a mans worth in money |
| salic code | money value of every piece of property and person |
| portents | omens, occurrences that predict future events |
| social class | the group that one belongs to in a society. can be determined by money role in society or one parentage |
| charlemagne | a king of western Europe in 732 ad |
| missi dominici | agents of Charlemagne who made sure everyone was treated fairly |
| Carolingian empire | Charlemagne's empire from about 770 to 814 ad |
| renaissance | rebirth or revival of especially of the arts |
| Celtic peoples | western European culture the Scottish Irish welsh Cornish and Bretons are all Celts |
| Anglo Saxons | farmers. lived in small villages and shared the hard work of agriculture between the men and women |
| Epic | a long poem telling about heroic deeds and events |
| Beowulf | a ancient epic about a Swedish heroes battles between a troll the trolls mother and a dragon |
| St Patrick | patron saint of Ireland who brought the Irish to Christianity and a healthy respect for learning |
| monks | played a critical role in training missionaries and in Christianity |
| parchment | dried sheepskin used to write on |
| vikings | seafaring warriors who raided villages along the seas and rivers in the massive long boats |
| Danegeld | a tax payed by a king or land owner to stop vikings from raiding them |
| fjord | salt water inlet at the base of very steep cliffs on either side, usually very deep |
| skald | viking poet who recited poems at every gathering. the viking equivalent of a bard |
| thrall | viking slave |
| thing | a form of government used by the vikings, still in use today |
| outlaw | an outcast who could be killed on site |
| vassal | one who swears loyalty to a lord |
| feudal contract | the bargain between a lord and his vassals |
| Housecarl | a Norman soldier |
| cavalry | soldiers on horseback |
| propaganda | an effort to spread opinions or beliefs often by lying |
| opus anglicanum | the work of the english |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| homage | formal acknowledgement |
| self sufficient | independent |
| thatching | special grass to make roofs |
| fletching | fitting feathers on arrows |
| demesne | land set aside for the lord of the manor |
| sustainable | can keep going year after year without dying |
| fallow | ploughed and left unseeded |
| three field system | a system were two fields were planted and one was left fallow |
| excommunicate | to cancel a persons membership in the church |
| tithe | money of produce given to the church worth about one tenth of one income |
| trial by ordeal | a torture to see if one was innocent if they survived god saved them and they were innocent |
| chivalry | sum of ideal qualifications for a knight including courtesy generosity valor and dexterity in arms |
| katana | a long sword worn by the samurai |
| wakizashi | a short sword worn by a samurai |
| Bushido | the way of the warrior the equivalent of chivalry |
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