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Vocab words
Medieval vocab words Disney Minjarez
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tradition | Belief, custom, or old way to doing something. |
| Issue | To put something forth officially. |
| Transform | To change something completely. |
| Document | Piece of paper that has official 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 serve the Church as priests, monks, and higher church officials. |
| Pope Leo lll | Left Rome after rivals there had planned to blind him and remove him from office. |
| Coronation | Crowning ceremony. |
| Pope Gregory VII | In 1073, a monk named Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII. |
| Secular | Nonchurch. |
| Henry IV | The Holy Roman Emperor. |
| Excommunicate | To exclude a person from a church or religious community. |
| William the Conqueror | In the late September 1066, William invaded southern England. |
| King John | Claimed to rule Normandy in France. |
| Common law | A body of law that has developed from custom and from 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 . |
| Writ | Court order. |
| Parliament | Is an assembly of representatives who make laws. |
| Pilgrim | Is a religious person who travels to a holy place or shrine. |
| Crusade | Christian religious war. |
| Heresy | Is a belief that is rejected by officials Church doctrine. |
| Inquisition | Was a Church court designed to investigate and judge heretics. |
| Reconquista | The movement to drive the Muslims from Spain. |
| Isabella | In 1469, an important royal marriage took place. |
| Ferdinand | Ferdinand of Aragon married Iseballa. |