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| Feudalism | A system or social structure with a monarch at the top, Lords beneath, followed by knights with Peasants and Serfs at the bottom. All classes are dependent on the others to fulfill a need. |
| Vikings | fierce warriors who led to the need for Feudalism and the protection this system offered. |
| Page | young boys training to knights, first spent much time with the ladies of the manor learning to sing,dance, play instruments, alos learned to ride horses and got religious training from a priest. |
| Squire | At age seven pages became squires and cared for a knights armor, horse, shield, sword and lance, went into battle. |
| Code Of Chivalry | the medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women |
| Serfs | Unfree, tied to the land, had to pay Lords to grnd grain, paid head money, fee to marry "merchet" |
| "Age of Faith" | Christian belief became so widespread during the Middle Ages they were known as the "Age of Faith." |
| Monasteries | Home for Monks, secluded, places of learning , writing, work, religious devotion |
| Convents | Home for nuns, places of learning, devotion to God |
| Mendicants | friars who traveled among the prople to preach and care for the poor, St. Francis of Assisi |
| Sacraments | solemn rites or cermonies of the Christian Church |
| Extreme Unction | Blessings given to someone in danger of dying |
| Holy Orders | A man becomes a priest |
| Baptism | Entry into the church, washing away sin with water |
| Matrimony | A formal unioin blessed by the church symbolized with 2 candles lighting one flame, the wearing of rings, marriage |
| Eucharist | consecration of the bread and wine like communion today |
| Pilgrimage | A journey to a Holy Site, like Canterbury! |
| Flying Buttress | Stone arches that spread the weight of the roof and walls more evenly |
| Transcept | The longer main aisle of a Cathedral |
| Nave | The shorter "arms" of the cross like aisles of a Catherdral |
| Penance | Confession of sins to a priest, saying prayers of contrition |
| Relic | An object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by a saint or other holy person. |
| Fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal |
| Divine Right of Kings | The belief that God gives monarchs the right to rule |
| Manor | large amount of land ruled over by a Lord |
| Why the Roman Empire Fell | Political-problems with transfer of power, Economic- heavy taxes, unemployment, corrupt leaders, crime Weakening bordres, Split of Rome's leadership- Western and Eastern |
