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Foy WH Ch. 18 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| excommunicate | to cast out from the church |
| Crusades | a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia fought for control of the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291 |
| Holy Land | the region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died |
| clergy | church officials |
| religious order | a group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules |
| friars | a member of a religious order who lived and worked among the public |
| natural law | a law that people believed God had created to govern how the world operated |
| Magna Carta | a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body that governs England |
| Hundred Years' War | a long conflict between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453 |
| black death | a deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 |
| heresy | religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings |
| Reconquista | the effort of the Christian kingdoms in northern Spain to retake land from the Moors during the Middle Ages |
| Spanish Inquisition | an organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion |
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