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MIDDLE AGES IN WESTERN EUROPE Flashcards

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North Atlantic Drift

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ocean current

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Monastery

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people who are sent by a religious community to spread faith.

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Charlemagne

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king of the Franks

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Holy Roman Empire

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Complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled by the Holy Roman emperor.

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Feudalism

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The system of a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord under feudalism nobles governed and protected people in return for their services.

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Manorialism

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A method of land ownership in parts of Europe. The system allowed landowners to become powerful. It tied peasants to their land.

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The Battle of Hastings/William the Conqueror

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A Norman king

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Papacy

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A particular pope’s time in office.

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Monarch

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Empire formed by religious community’s

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Magna Carta

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A set of laws

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The Crusades

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Series of religious wars

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Pope Urban II

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Was the head of the Catholic Church. He is best known for convening the Council of Clermont which ignited the series of the Crusades.

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Saladin

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A Muslim general

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Richard I

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A king of England that revolted against his father.

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The Black Death

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A deadly pandemic that ravaged.

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The Hundred Years War

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A war that was pulled apart by political disputes

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Joan of Arc

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A peasant girl that got a message from God that told her to fight in a war, but she died because of it.

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Henry V

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was never able to rule comfortably because he had usurped Richard II. On his succession King Henry V is determined to prove his right to rule, including over France.

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Reconquista

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When the Christians drove out the Muslims in a struggle.

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Queen Isabella

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the wife of Ferdinand and she helped Christaphor Columbus.

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King Ferdinand

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A king of Aragon and king of Castile he joint sovereign with Queen Isabella I.

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Inquisition

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was the legal agent of the Catholic Church against heresy in the Middle Ages.

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Iberian Peninsula

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A peninsula made up of Spain a Portugal.

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