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Medieval Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tradition | Belief, custom, or old way of doing something |
| Issue | To put something forth officially |
| Transform | To change something completely |
| Document | Piece of paper that has officially information on it |
| Establish | To set up or start something |
| Expel | To force someone to leave a place |
| Impose | To introduce something and force people to accept it |
| Economy | System by which a country's money and goods are produced and used |
| Clergy | Is the group of people who give their lives to server the church as priests, monks, and higher church officials |
| Pope Leo 111 | Leo had left Rome after rivals there had planned to blind him and remove him from office |
| Coronation | Or crowning ceremony |
| Pope Gregory V11 | Gregory had strong ideas about powers of the pope |
| Secular | Or nonchurch, leaders |
| Henry 1V | The holy roman emperor at the time, reacted to Gregorys new rules |
| Excommunicate | Means to exclude a person from a church or a religious community |
| William the conqueror | invaded southern England |
| King John | claimed to rule Normandy in France |
| Common Law | is a body of law that has developed from custom and judges' decisions rather than laws passed by a law-making assembly |
| Habeas corpus | refers to a court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court |
| parliant | is an assembly of representatives who makes laws |
| pilgram | is a religious person who travels to a holy place or shrine |
| crusade | or Christians religious war |
| heresy | is a belief that is rejected by official church doctrine |
| Inquisition | was a church court designed to investigate and judge heretics |
| Reconquista | the movement to drive the Muslims from Spain was called the Reconquista,or "Reconquest." |
| Isabella | Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile-Leon. |
| Ferdinand | Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile-Leon. |