Everything in this flashcard set.
- plague
- A serious infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans
- mass
- How much matter something contains
- heresy
- Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- anti-semitism
- The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
- vernacular
- A characteristic language of a particular group
- clergy
- In Christianity, ___ collectively
- feudalism
- The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century
- vassal
- A person holding a fief
- fief
- A piece of land held under the feudal system
- knight
- Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry
- serf
- A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- guild
- A formal association of people with similar interests
- fjord
- A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
- missionary
- Someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program