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14 Cards in this Set
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He wrote, "Laziness is the great enemy of the soul..."
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Benedict
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The site of one of the most magnificent cathedrals built in the Middle Ages
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Chartres
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A type of church architecture that emerged around A.D. 1000
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cathedral
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religious communities where nuns lived and worshiped together
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convents
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One reason why this type of social organization emerged was the fear and unrest caused by the Vikings
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feudalism
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The most important places of learning during the Middle Ages
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monasteries
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drew scenes showing events in the lives of christian saints
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Scribes
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Another name for the Middle Ages
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Age of faith
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set down the strict rules for daily life that many monasteries followed
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Benedict
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The room directly below the library of most monasteries
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scriptorium
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Bitterly oppesed by Knig John of England, this was one of the first documents to limit the powers of a ruler.
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Magna Carta
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Most Europeans were members of this social group during the Middle Ages.
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serf
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Despite failure to achieve its goal of recapturing the Holy Land, this movement helped increase trade and brought new ideas to Europe.
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Crusades
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one of the most widely loved saints of the Middle ages
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Francis of Assisi
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