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Med. Eur - bvick.
Chapter 15 - Medieval Europe
Answer | Question |
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Fjord | steep sided valley that is an inlet of the sea |
Missionary | person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others |
Excommunicate | to declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church |
Concord | an agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country |
Feudalism | political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals |
Vassal | in feudalism, a noble who held land from and served a higher-ranking lord, and in return was given protection |
Fief | under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty |
Knight | in the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback |
Serf | peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble |
Guild | medieval business group formed by craftspeople and merchants |
Grand Jury | group that decides whether there is enough evidence to accuse a person of a crime |
Trial Jury | group that decided whether an accused person was innocent or guilty |
Clergy | religious officials, such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services |
Mass | Catholic worship service |
Heresy | belief that differs from or contradicts the accepted teachings of a religion |
Anti-Semitism | hatred of Jews |
Theology | the study of religion and god |
Scholasticism | medieval way of thinking that tried to bring together reason and faith in studies of religion |
Vernacular | everyday language used in a country or region |
Plague | disease that spreads quickly and kills many people |
Reconquista | Christian struggle to take back the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims |
Clovis | King of the Franks; became Catholic and gained the support of the Pope |
Charles Martel | Frankish mayor that became king; defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours |
Charlemagne | Charles the Great; Frankish king that turned down the tile of Roman Emperor when the pope tried to give it to him |
OttoI | German King who controlled Germany and northern Italy (territories that became the Holy Roman Empire) |
Gregory The Great | pope that sent missionaries throughout Europe |
William The Conquerer | Viking descendant that ruled Normandy; claimed the throne of England when King Edward died |
King John | English monarch that was force to sign the Magna Carta (document that limited the king’s power) |
Philip II | French king who removed the English from the European mainland |
Saladin | Muslim ruler of Egypt; conquered Jerusalem in 1187 |
Francis Of Assisi | founded the first order of friars |
Thomas Aquinas | champion of scholasticism because he combined the ideas of Church doctrine with the ideas of Aristotle |
Joan Of Arc | French peasant girl who inspired the French to take the city of Orleans from the English |
Isabella Of Castile | Queen of Spain |
Ferdinand Of Aragon | King of Spain |