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Middle Ages
Karen Hernandez
Term | Definition |
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Resident | 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 or rule. |
Convert | To change from one from to another, such as from one religion to another. |
Involve | To include something. |
Role | Position that someone has a society. |
Landmass | Is one very large, unbroken area land. |
Topography | Or arrangement of physical features. |
Middle Ages | A period between the collapse of the Roman Empire, about A.D 1500. |
Medieval | Which means related to the Middle Ages. |
Charlemagne | Or Charles the Great. |
Diffusion | Or spread. |
Religious Order | Is a community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows. |
Benedict of Nursia | Had a lasting effect on monastic life. |
Abbot | Or head of the monastery. |
St. Patrick | As a boy, Patrick was captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. |
Sacraments | These are the sacred rites of the Church , which include baptism communion. |
Fief | Or grant of land, to a loyal follower. |
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 | Was the self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord. |