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CH 10 Vocab
CH 10 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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clergy | people who have priestly authority |
Pope Gregory VII | 11th century pope |
Emperor Henry | 11th century emperor of the Roman empire |
religious order | group of people who follow the rules of the order |
Francis of Assisi | Founder of the Franciscan order |
Thomas Aquinas | 13th century Italian religious scholar |
Seljuk Turks | people from central Asia |
Crusade | military expedition from Christian Europe to Palestine |
Saladin | Muslim leader |
Reconquista | reconquest of Spain by Christian armies |
Inquisition | A court used by Church officials to try people who opposed the Church's teachings |
bubonic plague | infectious disease that struck Eurasia in the mid 1300's |
Hundred Years' War | series of wars between England and France (1337-1453) |
Joan of Arc | French peasant who helped lead France to victory at the Battle of Orleans |
longbow | weapon that shot arrows that were capable of piercing knights armor |
King John | English monarch who ascended the throne in 1199 and was forced to sign the Magna Carta |
Magna Carta | document guaranteeing certain rights to nobles |
Parliament | group of representatives in English government |
habeas corpus | right of the people to not be thrown in the jail unlawfully |