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His 14 - M Europe
Chapter 14 - History Notecards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| landmass | large area of unbroken land |
| topography | arrangement of physical features |
| Middle Ages | period between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Modern Era, approx 500 AD - 1500 AD |
| medieval | meaning related to the Middle Ages |
| Charlemagne | son of Pepin the Short, aka Chuck the Great |
| religious order | community of men or women devoted to prayer and service to God, and bound by certain vows |
| Benedict of Nursia | Italian Monk who was shocked by the corruption of the Catholic Church, lived by vows of poverty and chastity |
| abbot | head of a monastery |
| St. Patrick | Catholic monk who worked primarily in Ireland |
| St. Boniface | Catholic monk who worked to convert the Norse to Christianity |
| sacraments | an act which is both instituted and commanded by Christ, our book defines it as "a sacred right of the church" |
| fief | grant of land |
| serf | peasants who were legally tied to a piece of land |
| chivalry | code of behavior for a Christian warrior |
| manor | self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord |