Term | Definition |
Residents | Someone who lives or stays in a place, such as in a country. |
Collapse | To become too weak to continue. |
Institute | To introduce or start a system of rules. |
Convert | To change from one form to another such as from one religion to another. |
Involve | To include something . |
Role | Position that someone has in a society. |
Landmass | Is one very large unbroken area of land. |
Topography | Or arrangement of physical features. |
Middle ages | A period between the collapse of the roman empire, about a.d. 500, and the beginning of the modern age about a.d.1500. |
Medieval | Which means related to the middle ages. |
Charlemagne | Charles Martel son of Pepin the short became the first king of a new dynasty. |
Diffusion | Or spread. |
Religious order | Is a community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain by vows. |
Benedict of Nursia | An Italian monk had a lasting effect on monastic life. |
Abbot | Or head of the monastery. |
St.Patrick | He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland. |
Sacraments | These are the sacred rites of the church. |
Fief | Or grant of land. |
Serf | Were peasants who were legally "tied"to the lord's land and could not leave it. |
Chivalry | This was a christian warrior's code of behavior. |
Manor | A manor was the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord. |