Topic 9 Vocabulary Review

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Medieval

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Latin word meaning 'the middle age'

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Topography

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Physical features of a place

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Monastery

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Secluded Christian community of men, called monks, who focus on prayer and scripture

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Convent

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Religious community for women, called nuns, that is devoted to spiritual goals

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Benedictine Rule

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Vow by monks to live and worship together and to work for the good of the community

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Christendom

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Sense among Christians that they belong to a wider community

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European Feudalism

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A system of rule in which powerful, wealthy lords divided their land among lesser lords, or vassals

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Vassals

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In medieval Europe, noblemen who received land from other noblemen in exchange for their services

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Fiefs

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Estates granted by lords to a vassal

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Manor

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Self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord