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Middle Ages
vocab
Question | Answer |
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The Franks | Germanic people from Gaul (modern day France and Switzerland) |
Convents | religious communities built by the church for women (nuns) |
Monasteries | religious communities built by the church for men(monks) |
Secular | worldly(involved in politics and other social matters) |
Tithe | Church tax |
The Papacy | theoffice of the Pope |
Clergy | Different ranks of Church leaders including priests, bishops,cardinals, and the Pope. |
Lay Investiture | a ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials |
Simony | selling of church positions |
Sacraments | important religiousceremonies |
Canon Law | Church law |
Heretic | anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle |
Feudalism | social structure in medieval Europe including lords,knights, vassals, serfs and sometimes a king. |
Chivalry | complex set of ideals or code by which medieval knights followed. |
Manor | (in feudalism)the lord’s estate |
Crusade | A holy warlaunched by PopeUrban II to reclaimthe Holy Land forChristians. |
Common Law | Unified body of lawin England formedby England’s royaljudges. |
Magna Carta |