Vocab 1
Specially trained chieftains that memorized songs and sang about chieftains and battles
Bards
the colored pieces of a mosaic
tesserae
families that have their own territories and government
clan
long, white cloud, name given to New Zealand by the Maori
aotearoa
i viking- a man who is adventuring by sea
Vikings
no written history during this time
Dark Ages
leaders of the Eastern Orthodox Church
patriarchs
a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
peninsula
sharp edged wooden swords
meres
"North man's land," an area in France where Vikings settled
Normandy
special buildings where monks lived a life for God
Monasteries
ways of worshiping God
Rites
a large land mass
continent
Spanish followers of Islam
moors
"Screechers", natives that Lief Erikson encountered, and made a screeching war cry
special rooms where monks worked on writing the Bible and important books
Scriptoriums
a person who has a special relationship with God
Saint
indigenous people of Australia, means "from the beginning"
Aborigines
the hammer
martel
Viking letters
Runes
pictures made by arranging colored pieces into a pattern
Mosaics
a family who rules over one area for many years
dynasty
first people from New Zealand who sailed from islands
The Maori
invading warriors from the North of Europe, "North-men"
Norsmen
A raised platform for an honored guest
Dais