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Ch. 18 The Later Middle Ages
Question | Answer |
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excommunicate | cast out from the church |
Emperor Henry IV | fought over the power to choose church officials |
King Richard I | earned others' respect for his bravery and his fairness |
Black Death | deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 |
clergy | church officials |
Saladin | Muslim general who led Muslim forces during the Third Crusade |
natural law | a law that people believed God had created to govern how the world operated |
Pope Urban II | called Christians to launch the First Crusade |
Holy Land | region where Jesus lived, preached, and died |
Magna Carta | document signed by King John that required the king to honor certain rights |
Crusades | series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Holy Land |
Parliament | lawmaking body that governs England |
Pope Gregory VII | fought with the Holy Roman Emperor over power of church officials |
Hundred Years' War | long conflict between England and France |
religious order | a group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules |
Francis of Assisi | Italian saint, he encouraged people to be kind to others and founded the Franciscan Order |
friars | people who belonged to religious orders but lived and worked among the general public |
Thomas Aquinas | Dominican philosopher, he argued that rational thought could be used to support Christian belief |
Joan of Arc | French peasant girl, she rallied the French troops during the Hundred Years' War |
heresy | religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings |
Reconquista | efforts to retake Spain from the Muslim Moors |
authority | power, right to rule |
policy | rule, course of action |
Spanish Inquisition | an organization of priests that looked for and punished anyone in Spain suspected of secretly practicing their old religion |
King Ferdinand | King of Spain, he and his wife Isabella completed the Reconquista. They forced Jews in Spain to become Christians or leave and banned Islam |
Queen Isabella | Queen of Spain, she helped complete the Reconquista. She and her husband banned Islam and forced all Jews in Spain to become Christian or leave. She also paid for the voyages of Christopher Columbus |