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Ch 16 - Age of Faith
Medieval History - Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crop rotation | changing the use of fields over time |
| three-field system | planting of fields in one-third sections, using 2 for different crop types and 1 left fallow |
| fallow | unplanted |
| guild | group of people who practice the same craft who join together in single city of the common good |
| mendicant | to live on donations, not in a monastery |
| St. Francis of Assisi | A young rich man who changed his life to live simply |
| St. Clare of Assisi | founded an order of nuns based on the teachings of St. Francis |
| cathedral | major church of an area, presided over by a bishop |
| university | schools or group of schools that train scholars at the highest level |
| Thomas Aquinas | French philosopher who argued the Greek teaching and catholic faith were not mutually exclusive |
| natural law | all laws of nature govern both the natural world and human affairs |
| famine | severe food shortage |
| Joan of Arc | French woman who turned the tide of the Hundred Years War against the British |
| epidemic | wide-spread outbreak of disease |
| bubonic plague | deadly infection |
| scapegoat | a person or people blamed for a problem they did not cause |