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Vocabulary 7.3 & 7.4
The Medieval Church
sacrament | sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church such as baptism and communion. |
Benedictine rule | Rules developed around 530 by a monk which regulated monastic life such as obedience, poverty, & chastity, & divides the day into periods of worship, work & study. |
secular | having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters. |
papal supremacy | the claim of medieval church leaders in which they claimed authority over all secular rulers. |
canon law | body of laws of a church. |
excommunication | Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law. |
interdict | in the Roman Catholic Church, excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom. |
friar | a medieval European monk who traveled from place to place preaching to the poor. |
St. Francis of Assisi | a wealthy Italian who gave up his "wealthy" life in order to preach the Gospels & teach his own examples of good works. |
Charter | in the Middle Ages, a written document that set out the rights & privileges of a town. |
Capital | money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise. |
Partnership | a group of merchants who joined together to finance a large-scale venture that would have been too costly for any individual trader. |
Tenant Farmer | someone who would pay rent to a lord to farm part of the lord's land. |
Middle Class | a group of people, including merchants, traders, & artisans, whose rank was between nobles & peasants. |
guild | in the Middle Ages, an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests. |
apprentice | a young person learning a trade from a master. |
journeyman | a salaried worker employed by a guild master. |
Hanseatic League | 1200's - German towns formed this association to protect their trading interests in northern Europe; they took action against pirates,built light houses, & trained ships' pilots |
usury | lending money at interest. |