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Middle Ages Vocabulary

Terms in this set (11)

Region
A vast area of land
Excommunicate
To declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church
Monastery
A religious community (typically, monks live here)
Papacy
the office or authority of the pope (the time when a pope is in power)
Feudalism
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
Chivalry
Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages
Habeus Corpus
principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
Theology
the study of religion and God
Mass
Catholic worship service
Heresy
the crime of holding a belief that goes against established religion/ideas
Plague
A widespread disease
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