1. Benedictinemodel

In this kind of monastic living, monks lived,prayed and worked in a monastery, where they

would be focused on God

2. Book ofKells

Illuminated manuscript Gospel written in Latincontaining the four Gospels of the New

Testament

3. BubonicPlague orblack death

Deadly disease spread by fleas and rats, anddirty conditions in Middle Europe- In the 14thcentury, a devastating plague known as the

Black Death claimed an estimated 75 million lives(1/3 of the population) and changed the feudal

system

4. cathedral

biggest of the churches, where bishops had theirheadquarters

5. Confirmed,confirmation

ritual where person is made full member of thechurch

6. convent a place where mostly nuns live their lives devotedto God

7. Disseminator

someone who spreads information

8. Divine right

Belief that God chose you to rule

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9. Dominican monk

a monk who lives in a monastery anddevotes his life there to God

10. Franciscans

a religious order like the Dominicanmonks

11. Illuminatedletters ormanuscripts

Text is supplemented by the use ofdecoration

12. Indulgences

payment for 'forgiveness for sins'

13. Manuscript

books or scripture copied by hand

14. meditating

thinking deeply or focusing your mind onsomething for a period of time

15. Missionaries

a religious person who devotes his life tospreading his religion to others

16. Monasteries

places where monks live and work together;learning centers formed the first universities

17. Monastic

pertaining to Monastery things or living

18. Monks

male member of the religious order

19. NotreDameCathedral

Cathedral in Paris that allowed students tostudy there which became the first university

20. Nun

female member of the religious order

21. penances

rituals to gain forgiveness for sins

22. Pope

The leader of the Catholic Church

23. Religiousorder

a branch of a religion that follows certain rules,traditions (ex. Franciscans, Dominicans)

24. Sacraments

Christian religious ceremonies- communion,baptism and marriage

25. Scriptorium

place in monastery where manuscripts werecopied by hand

26. self-identification

a feeling of belonging. "The Catholic Churchbecame the greatest source of stability and

self-identification in Western Europe for over1,000 years, which for many people was the

only source of hope in their lives."

27. stability Strength, security, safety. "The CatholicChurch became the greatest source ofstability and self-identification in WesternEurope for over 1,000 years, which for manypeople was the only source of hope in theirlives."

28. sustainers

keepers, preservers

29. Theology

study of religion

30. Tithes

payment to the church; 10% of income