S.S. 14.1 cards Flashcards
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Gothic
a style of church architecture that developed, featuring ribbed vaults, stained glass windows, flying buttresses, pointed arches, and tall spires
Simony
The selling or buying of a position in a Christian church
Urban II
The pope who started the crusades
Crusade
One of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the holy land from the Muslims.
Saladin
A Kurdish warrior, and Muslim warrior
Richard the lion-heart
The English king, who lead the crusades
Reconquista
The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492
Inquisition
A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy-especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s
Romanesque
churches with round arches and a heavy roof held up by thick walls and pillars. The thick walls had tiny windows that let in little light.
Three-field system
A system of farming developed in medieval Europe, in which farmland was divided into three fields of equal size and each of these was successively planted with a winter crop, planted with a spring crop, and left unplanted
Guild
A medieval association of people working at the same occupation, which controlled its members’ wages and prices
St. France of Assisi
Italian, founded an order of friars, the Franciscans. Francis treated all creatures, including animals, as if they were his spiritual brothers and sisters.
Lay investiture
The appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles
Commercial Revolution
The expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th and 17th century
Burgher
A medieval merchant-class. Town dweller
Vernacular
The everyday language of people in a region or country
Thomas Aquinas
A scholar that argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument
Scholastic
Scholars who gathered and taught at medieval European universities
William the conqueror
The duke of Normandy
Henry II
The English king who married Eleanor of Aquitaine
Common law
A unified body of law formed from rulings of England’s royal judges that serves as the basis for law in many English-speaking countries today, including the United States
Magna Carta
“Great Charter”- a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John in A.D. 1215
Parliament
A body of representatives that makes laws for for a law
Hugh Capet
An undistinguished duke from the middle of France
