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Church officials

Pope Gregory VII

(1020-1085) powerful medieval pope; fought with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over the power to choose church officials

Holy Roman Emperor, opposed the pope on the issue of lay investiture, he is excommunicated and ends up begging the pope for forgiveness

lay investiture

the appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles

religious order

A group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules

- A scholar during Medieval society who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument. Was influenced by greek philosophers.

(1095- 1270) Eight crusades done by Western Christians to attempt to win back lands conquered by Muslims, specifically Jerusalem. In 1270, Crusaders believing the Eastern Orthodox religion was heresy, they conquered the Byzantine Empire.

Captured Jerusalem and started the crusades. Defeated the Abbasids, but their power was short-lived because they were defeated by another group of turks called the Ottoman

12th-century Muslim ruler; reconquered most of the crusader kingdoms. Famous in the Third Crusade along with Richard the Lionhearted of England

A long effort by the Spanish to drive the Muslims out of Spain

A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy - especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s.