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St. Thomas Aquinas |
An Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest who was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian and just in the tradition of scholasticism |
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Crusades |
A medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries |
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William of Normandy |
First Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. The descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1305. |
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Chivalry |
European medieval code of conduct for knights based on loyalty and honor |
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Investiture Contest |
One aspect of the medieval European church-versus-state controversy the granting of church offices by a lay leader |
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Sacraments |
There are seven sacraments in the Church: Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. |
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Reconquista |
The Reconquista is the name given to a long series of wars and battles between the Christian Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors for control of the Iberian Peninsula. It lasted for a good portion of the Middle Ages from 718 to 1492. |
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Waldensians |
The Waldensians are a Christian movement and religious cultural group which appeared first in Lyon and spread to the Cottian Alps in the late 1170s. |
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Pope Urban II
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Pope Urban II, born Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was pope from 12 March 1088 to his death in 1099. |
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Hanseatic League |
A commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns. It dominated Baltic maritime trade (c. 1400-1800) along the coast of Northern Europe. |
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Saxons |
The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes centered in the western North German Plain. |
