History

• What is a pagan?

  A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
• what is a druid?

  Celtic priest or religious leader.
• what is a monastery?

  A religious community where monks or nuns live and work.
• what is a monk?

  A religious person.
• what is a beehive hut?

  Early christian stone hut shaped like a beehive where monks slept
• what is a oratory?

  where monks attended mass or prayed
• what is a scriptorium?

  A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts.
• what is a manuscript?


  Written document or a book written by hand that is often written in latin
• What is the refectory?

  Dining hall for monk s
• what is a round tower?

  A round tower is a bell tower and a safe place for people and treasures if monastery came under tower
• what is a high cross?

  Celtic monument.
• what is a longship?

  Viking ship
• what is a longphort?

  Viking settlement.
• what is feudalism?


  the system of land ownership where rulers (kings and lords) divided land among their followers in return for loyaltyand taxes
• what were peasnts?


  Farmers or agricultural workers who lived and worked on land owned by others.
• what was bailiff?

  Court officer.
• what wa the open filed system?

  Medieval agricultural system.
• what is the fallow?

  Land left unplanted to restore fertility.
• what are knights?


  Medieval warriors
• what is a masterpiece?

  A piece of work presented to the guild to judge someone if their work was good enough to become a master craftsman
• what was the rule of St. Benedict?


  Monasticism or strict rules that the monks lived by
• what were friars?


  Members of religious orders who lived and worked among the general public, preaching, teaching, and providing assistance to the poor.
• what was the oath of chivalry?


  sworn by a knight to be loyal to a lord and protect the weak
• what was a fallow?

  Uncultivated land.
• what was guild?


  An organisation with a group of people who worked in the same trade
• what was tithe?

  Religious tax.
• what were normans?

  Normans were a medieval ethnic group descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the region of Normandy, France.
• what were "The Pale" in the medieval ages?

  Territory in Ireland under English control.
• what was "anglo-Irish"in the medieval times?


  descendants of the Norman conquerors who adopted many Irish customs and intermarried with the leading
• what were grave goods?

  Objects buried with the deceased for their use in the afterlife.
• what was a normadic?

  A Normadic were people who moved regularly
• what was wattle and duab?

  Building materials for houses
• what was megalith?

  Large stone monument.
• what was smelting?

  Metal extraction.
• what was the Roman republic?

  when the wealthy elite in the senate ruled the name of the people
• what were citizans?

  Members of a city or town who had rights under roman law
• what was a forum?

  A large town square that was the centre of business political administration and religion worship
• what was an ampithetre?

  An amphitheater was a large, open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and public spectacles in ancient Rome.
• what were particians?

  Ancient Roman political factions.
• what was a dole?

  A dole was ap payment of free grain given to the plebeians