w.h chapter 14
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 simony | selling positions within a church |
| gothic | germanic architecture used mostly on churches |
| crusade | the christians "holy war" against muslims |
| reconquista | spain driving the muslims out |
| inquisition | court held to suppress heresy |
| three field system | this system of farming increased food/population |
| guild | organizations of individuals in the same occupation |
| commercial revolution | expansion of trade and business in europe |
| burgher | merchants or middle class citizens |
| vernacular | every day language of europe nations |
| scholastics | university men, or great thinkers |
| common law | unified body of law over a nation |
| magna carta | this limited the kings powers |
| parliament | early english legislative group |
| estates general | early french legislative group |
| schism | this devision in the christian church |
| plague | in europe this kills over 20 million people |
| hundred years war | france vs. britain in a battle royal |
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