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Middle Ages
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |