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18 Cards in this Set
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what was the practice called in which kings and nobles appointed church officials and invested them with their religious authority?
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lay investiture
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what pope and emperor had a showdown at Canossa in 1077? who won?
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Gregory VII and Henry IV; Gregory won
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list the two new religious orders whose members begged for their daily sustenance? identify the founder of each
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franciscan (francis of assasi), and Dominican (dominic)
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under which pope did the papacy reach its height?
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innocent III
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list the three major weapons used by the papacy during the puriod in which the papacy reached its height
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excommunication, interdict, inquisition
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define excommunication
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the punishment of an individual by depriving him of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the church
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define interdict
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the suspension of public church services and of the administration of all sacraments (except baptism and extreme unction) in a given location
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define inquisition
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a special church court commisioned by the pope to stamp out heresy
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what german king founded the Holy Roman Empire and in what year did this take place?
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Otto I; 962
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what did the French philospher Voltaire observe about the Holy Roman Empire
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it wasnt holy or roman or an empire
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what conflict of interest did many of the german emperors have?
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they all wanted italy
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from what family did the german princes choose a king on hopes of ending the civil war? list two emerors who belonged to this family
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Hohenstaufen family; Fredrick I and Fredrick II
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what man defeated the Danes and laid the foundation for a unified English monarchy?
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alfred the great
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what two men struggled for the english throne in 1066? what was the name of the battle where this issue was settled? who won?
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william and henry; battle of hastings; william won
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on what document did elnglish nobles force john to affix his royal seal?
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magna carta
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what pope called for a holy crusade to free the holy land from the turks? in what year did this occur?
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urban II; 1095
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how many major crusades were there? over what span of years did they occur?
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eight major crusades; 1095-1291
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what is the nickname of the third crusade? list the kings (with their countries) who went on this crusade
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the king's crusade; fredrick barbossa, germany. philip augustus, france. richard the lion-hearted, england
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