fjord

steep sided valleys that are inlets to the sea

missionary

people who are sent out to teach thier religion.

excommunication

to exculde a person from a chruch membership

concordant

an agreement between the pope and the ruler of the country

clovis

king of the franks that was converted into a catholic

charles martel

the most powerful mayor who wanted to unite asll the frankish rulers under his rule

charlemagne

charles the great

otto I

the stronger king of germany

greagory the great

pope gregory the first

fuedlism

a political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and thier vassals

vassal

in fuedalism a noble who held land from and served a higher ranking lord and in return was given protection

fief

under fuedlism the land a lord granted toa vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty

knight

in the middle ages a noble warrior who fought on horse back

serf

a peasent laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble

guild

a medival business group formed by crafts people and merchants

francis of assisi

the monk who created the first order of friars and the franscisions

thomas aqinas

a domincain friar and priest who was one of scholastisims champions

mass

the catholic worship service

heresy

religouis beliefs that conflict with church teachings

antisemitism

hatred of jews

theology

the study of relgion and god

scholastisim

a type of study were you reason to explore questions of faith

verncular

everyday language

joan of arc

a french peasent girl who was visited by saints and told things and was acputured and taken to the english inquistion and was guilty of heresy and was burned at stake

isabella of castille

the princess who married ferdinad of aragon and they combined that land to make spain

ferdinad of aragon

prince of aragon who married princess of castille and they combhined thier land to make spain

plague

a disease that spreads quickly many people

reconquista

re conquest