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| Charlemagne | A powerful Frankish ruler who built a huge empire |
| Middle Ages | A period of European history from 500 t0 1500 |
| Monastery | A religious community of people devoting their lives to worship and prayer |
| Franks | A Germanic people who held power in the Roman province called Gaul |
| Secular | Concerned with worldly things |
| Carolingian Dynasty | A dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from 751 to 987 |
| Dialects | Languages of words and phrases blended together |
| Fief | Land granted by a lord to a vassal |
| Knight | A warrior on horseback who promised to defend his lord's land in exchange for a fief |
| Lord | A landowner |
| Vassal | A person receiving a fief from a lord |
| Manor | A lord's estate |
| Serf | A peasant who could not lawfully leave the place where he or she was born |
| Tithe | A church tax, usually one-tenth of a peasant family's income |
| Church Official | A person choosing to represent God |
