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Chapter 14 - History Notecards

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