Chp. 10
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teachersdemon on May 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Excommunicate | to cast out a member of the church |
| Pope Gregory VII | A powerful medieval pope, he fought with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over the power to choose church officials |
| King Henry IV | King of England, he fought againist Pope Gregory VII over the power to choose church officials |
| Crusades | a long series of wars between Chritsians and Muslims in Southwest Asia fought for control of Holy Land from 1096 to 1291 |
| Holy Land | the region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died |
| Pope Urban II | Medieval pope, he called on christians to launch the First Crusade |
| King Richard I | King of England, he led Christion soldiers in the Thrid Crusade. He earned the respect of his enemies as well as Chirstian soldiers for his bravery and his fairness |
| Saladin | Muslim general, he led the Muslim forces during the Third Crusade |
| clergy | a church official |
| religious order | a group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules |
| Francis of Assisi | Italian saint, he encouraged people to be kind to others and founded the Franciscan Order |
| friars | a member of a religious order who lived and worked among and public |
| Thomas Aquinas | Dominican philosopher, he argued that rational thought could be used to support Christian belief |
| 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 |
| Joan of Arc | French peasant girl, she rallied the French troops during the Hundred Years' War |
| 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 Christian kingdoms in northern Spain to retake land from the Moors during the Middle Ages |
| King Ferdinand | King of Spain, he and his wife Isabella completes the Reonquista. They forced Jews in Spain to become Christians or leave and banned Islam |
| Queen Isabella | Queen of Castile in Spain, she helped complete the Reconquista. She and her husband banned Islam and forced all Jews in Spain to become Christian or leave. She also helped pay for voyages or Christopher Columbus |
| Spanish Inquistion | an organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion |
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