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S.S Ch. 5
8 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Habeas Corpus | The legal concept that an accused person cannot be jailed indefinitely without being charged with a crime |
Commoner | a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc. any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility. a member of the House of Commons. a person who has a joint right in common land. |
Crossbow | a medieval weapon consisting of a bow fixed transversely on a stock having a trigger mechanism to release the bowstring, and often incorporating or accompanied by a mechanism for bending the bow. |
Longbow | a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries. |
Truce | a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties;cease-fire; armistice. |
Heretic | A person who holds beliefs that are contrary to a set of religious teachings |
Magna Carta | A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch’s power |
Hundred Years War | A series of battles fought between France and England from 1337 to 1453 |