Chapter 5-early Chritian Ireland Flashcards
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Nun
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A group of women who prey together
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Monk
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A group of men who pray together.
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Monastery
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A place where people whom devoted their lives to god.
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Convert
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Nuns lived in converts
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Round tower
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It was used as a belt tower, a look out post and a hiding place
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Scriptorium
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Scriptorium was where manuscripts were copied
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Refectory
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Monks ate their meals there.
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Cells
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Monks lived in cells
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Beehive huts
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Monks also lived here. They were are shaped like a beehive
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Scribe
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People who work in the scriptorium
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Vellum
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Calf skin
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Parchment
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Sheep skin
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Quill
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Goose or swan feathers
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Dark ages
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A time after the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Golden Ages
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It was during early Ireland until the Vikings cam
