Topic 9

5. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
6. sacred rites of Christianity, such as baptism and communion
9. system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year
12. related to a religion with many gods
15. practice of changing the use of fields over time
16. person believed to be especially holy
17. a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord
19. from the Latin for ‘middle age’, relating to the Middle Ages

1. school, or group of schools, that trains scholars at the highest levels
2. order founded to fight heresy and to preach to ordinary people
3. period between ancient times and modern times, roughly from 500 to 1500 C.E.
4. idea that there are laws in nature that are basic to both the natural world and human affairs
7. in medieval Europe, noblemen who received land from other noblemen in return for their services
8. people who are trained and ordained for religious services
10. estate graded by a lord to a vassal
11. self-sufficient estate of medieval lord
13. warrior mounted on horseback
14. code of conduct in medieval Europe that required knights to be brave, loyal, and honest
18. unplanted