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topic 10 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Secular | non church; not regarded as religious |
| Excommunicate | to exclude a person from a church or religious community |
| Pilgrimage | a journey to worship at a holy place |
| Magnacarta | a document that was signed by king John, giving certain right to the barons, and limiting the kings power |
| Common law | law that has developed from custom and judges' decisions, rather than acts of a law making assembly |
| Habeas corpus | a court order ( writ) to bring an arrested person before a judge or court ( latin meaning "you shall have the body") |
| parliament | an assembly of representatives who make laws |
| crusades | a series of military campaigns to establish christian control over the holy land ( holy wars between Christians and muslims |
| heresy | a belief that is rejected by official church teaching |
| inquisition | a series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics |
| Reconquesta | the movement to drive the muslims from spain |
| famine | a serious shortage of food |
| hundred years' war | the conflict between the kingdoms of england and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453 |
| black death | An epidemic ( a disease that spreads quickly through a population) cause by the bubonic plague ( a deadly infection) |