Western Europe Flashcards

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The Frank’s

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are historically first known as a group of Germanic tribes that inhabited the land between the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD, and second as the people of Gaul who merged with the Gallo-Roman populations during succeeding centuries, passing on their name to modern-day France and becoming part of the heritage of the modern French people.

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Pope

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

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Monk

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a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Missionary

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a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

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Nun

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a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Monastery

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a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks

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Convent

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a Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns.

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Clovis

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a Paleo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to about 11,500–11,000 years ago and earlier. The culture is distinguished by heavy, leaf-shaped stone spearheads.

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Charlemagne

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Charlemagne (/ˈʃɑːrlᵻmeɪn/; 2 April 742/747/748 – 28 January 814), also known as Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus or Karolus Magnus) or Charles I (Frankish: *Karl), was King of the Franks.

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Carolingian dynasty

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The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Middle Ages

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the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from circa 1100 to 1453.

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Vikings

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any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.

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Mongols

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a native or inhabitant of Mongolia; a Mongolian.

the language of the Mongols; Mongolian.

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Genghis Khan

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(1162–1227), founder of the Mongol empire; born Temujin. He took the name Genghis Khan (‘ruler of all’) in 1206 after uniting the nomadic Mongol tribes, and by the time of his death his empire extended from China to the Black Sea.

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Mongols

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a native or inhabitant of Mongolia; a Mongolian.

the language of the Mongols; Mongolian.

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Khanate

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Khanate or Khaganate is a political entity ruled by a Khan or Khagan. In modern Turkish, the word used is kağanlık or hanlık. In Mongolian the word khanlig is used, as in “Khereidiin khanlig” meaning the Khanate of the Keraites.

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The Golden Horde

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The army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.

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Feudalism

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the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

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Vassal

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a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

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Knight

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(in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.

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Fief

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an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

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Chivalry

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the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

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Manor

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a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.

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Serf

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an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate.