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Topic 10
Struggle in Medieval Europe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| secular | non-Church |
| excommunicate | exclude a person from a church or religious community |
| pilgrimage | a journey undertaken to worship at a holy place |
| writ | court order |
| Magna Carta | a document that promised barons certain rights |
| common law | a law that has developed from custom and judges' decisions, rather than acts of a lawmaking assembly |
| habeas corpus | a court order to bring an arested person before a judge or court |
| parliament | an assembly of representatives who make laws |
| judiciary | the system of courts outside of other branches of government |
| Crusdaes | a series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land |
| heresy | a belief that is rejected by official church doctrine |
| Inquisition | a series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics |
| Moors | what Christians called Muslim people in Spain |
| Reconquista | A movement to drive the Muslims from Spain |