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| Europe | a continent to the north of Africa, connected to Asia in western Russia |
| Christine de Pisan | medieval woman who earned a living by writing poetry and books protesting the way women were treated |
| monk | a man who devotes his life to religion and lives in a monastery |
| nun | a woman who devotes her life to religion and lives in a convent |
| monastry | a community where monks live |
| convent | a community of nuns |
| missionary | a person who teaches a person a religion to people with different beliefs |
| monarch | a king or queen who is the supreme leader |
| serf | a person who lived on and farmed feudal land |
| knight | a feudal warrior trained and prepared to fight on horseback |
| chivalry | a knight's code of behavior |
| guild | a group of craftspeople or merchants who are united by a common interest |
| lady | a woman of nobility |
| feudalism | social, political, and economic system used inthe Middle Ages |
| three-field rotation | in the MIddle Ages, a system whereby the planting of crops on manor lands alternates between three fields |
| feudalism | social, political, and economic system used in the Middle Ages |
| manor system | in the Middle Ages, a way to manage feudal lands |
