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- 4. person believed to be especially holy.
- 6. the practice of changing the use of fields over time.
- 9. idea that there are laws in nature that are basic to both the natural world and human affairs.
- 12. order founded to fight heresy and to preach to ordinary people.
- 14. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion.
- 15. sacred rights of Christianity, such as baptism and communion.
- 18. from the Latin for “middle age,” relating to the Middle Ages.
- 19. a large community of Christians spread across the world.
- 20. estate granted to a lord by a vassal.
- 21. association of people who have a common interest.
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- 1. warrior mounted on horseback.
- 2. code of conduct in medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest.
- 3. physical features of a place.
- 4. a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord.
- 5. religious community for women known as nuns.
- 7. related to a religion with many gods.
- 8. self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord.
- 10. school, or group of schools, that trains scholars at the highest level.
- 11. unplanted
- 12. secluded religious community.
- 13. System – system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year.
- 16. in medieval Europe, a nobleman who received land from other noblemen in return for their service.
- 17. people who are trained and ordained for religious services.
- 18. period between ancient times and modern times, roughly from 500 to 1500 CE.