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Chapter 9 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Exchequer | treasury |
common law | a legal system based on custom and court ruling |
jury | group of men sworn to speak the truth |
Lay investiture | practice in which the emperor or another lay person invested or presented bishops with the ring and staff that symbolized |
Annul | invalidate |
crusade | holy war |
Schism | split |
levy | collect |
religious toleration | a policy of allowing people to worship as they choose |
scholasticism | school of thought that used logic ad reason to support Christian belief |
vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people |
epics | long narrative poems |
flying buttresses | stone supports that stood outside the church |
Epidemic | outbreak of rapid-spreading disease |
inflation | rising prices |
longbow | weapon that was 6 foot long and took years to master |
illumination | artistic decoration of books |