 | Term | Definition |
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"Ora et Labora" |
Prayer and work, monks lives by |
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self sufficient |
not neading anything from the outside world (own crops, own clothing, raised livestock) |
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clergy |
those who prayed |
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abbot/ abbess |
watched over monasteries to make sure monks and nuns followed strict rules |
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Charles Martel |
"the Hammer" goal was defeating Muslims |
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Monasterie |
home to monks and nuns, religious sanctuar, a place to be away from the world to think about religion |
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3 field method |
a method of farming used in the middle ages where two of three fields were use for crop (ex.- win ter wheat and corn) and one was left empty. occasionally they would rotate |
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giuld |
a group of people who all do the same trade and work together. Not everyone can enter |
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Three socail divisions of Midevil Europe |
peasants, townspeople, nobles |
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castle |
used for protection, not elegance. |
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jousting |
a form of entertainment in which two knights fought on horseback with long "sticks". sometimes to practice for real battle |
