Vocabukar Flashcards

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The franks

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a member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterward

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Pope

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he bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Monk

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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 they live in convents

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Monastery

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

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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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The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means “Charles the Great.” Charlemagne was king of France in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and was crowned emperor in 800.

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Corolingian 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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e 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.
2.
the language of the Mongols; Mongolian.

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Guengis khan

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While “Khan” is a traditional title meaning “leader” or “ruler,” historians are still unsure of the origins of “Genghis.” It may have may have meant “ocean” or “just,” but in context it is usually translated as “supreme ruler” or “universal ruler

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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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he Golden Horde was one of the four empires that emerged as a result of the division of the Great Mongol Empire. Its territories the steppes of Central Asia, Volga and Russia. Initially it was the domain of Zuchi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan.J

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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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historical

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.
historical
knights, noblemen, and horsemen collectively.
“I fought against the cream of French chivalry”

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Manor

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A big house

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Serf

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