Medieval Europe Glossary Words

Question 1

Domesday Book

Answer 1

The Domesday Book is an amazing eleventh century public record of who owned what and how much they had.

Question 2

Bayeux Tapestry

Answer 2

A section of the Bayeux tapestry that shows the nobles feasting while on campaign ghting for King william I of England.

Question 3

Primary Source

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Primary sources are sources that are the original piece of something.

Question 4

Secondary Source

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A secondary secondary source is a source that is not the original piece of something. For example a photo.

Question 5

Tithe Barn

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a barn where peasants’ produce is stored as a form of taxation.

Question 6

Thatch

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straw used for making roofs.

Question 7

Illumination

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hand- painted illustration in a medieval book.

Question 8

Bias

Answer 8

inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
“there was evidence of bias against black applicants”

Question 9

Barbarians

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(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (Greek, Roman, Christian).

Question 10

Deposed

Answer 10

removed from a position
of authority

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Franks

Answer 11

people of a group of a Germanic nation who ruled in western Europe from the sixth century CE

Question 12

Book of Kells

Answer 12

The Book of Kells (Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.

Question 13

Charlemagne

Answer 13

Person who enforce the feudal system

Question 14

Martyr

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killed or made to suffer because of religious beliefs

Question 15

Pagan

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someone who is not a Christian, Jew or Muslim, but who worships many gods

Question 16

Holy Relics

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the physical remains of someone or something very signi cant to a religious tradition

Question 17

Superstition

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a belief based on custom
or fear rather than knowledge or reason

Question 18

Monastery

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a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

Question 19

Pope

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the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 20

Church

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Place where people prayed to cure illnesses and for peasants to be welcome.

Question 21

Heretic

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a person believing in or practising religious heresy.

Question 22

Lords

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chief position in the feudal system below the monarch

Question 23

Clergy

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of cials of the Church

Question 24

Feudal System

Answer 24

Social Order in Medieval Europe

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Manor

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Large country house with lands

Question 26

Mass

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Roman Catholic church service

Question 27

Sermons

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moral or religious lecture delivered by a priest

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Cardinals

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leading clergyman who is a member of the Pope’s Council, or Sacred College, and who has the power to elect the Pope from among
his own group

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Archbishops

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Head bishop

Question 30

Bishops

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clergyman who governs a diocese, a large church district

Question 31

Edicts

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order issued by a monarch or other person in authority

Question 32

Sacraments

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sacred Christian ceremony; in the Catholic Church, for example, baptism and marriage

Question 33

Cathedral

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main church of a diocese; contains the bishop’s throne