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38 Cards in this Set
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Apprentice
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Trainee to a guild master
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Black Death
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Disease spread from European ports
Out of control of the church |
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Canon Law
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Body of laws of the church
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Charlemagne
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United Western Europe
Revival of learning and united christian empire |
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Charter
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Written document to protect interests when setting up a new town
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Chaucer
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Wrote The Canterbury Tales
Series of poems portray medieval society |
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Chivalry
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Code of conduct for knights
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Clovis
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Established kingdom replacing Roman empire
Won many battles - rise in Germanic kingdoms |
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Concordat of Worms
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Treaty that declares the Church has the power to elect Bishops
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Crusades
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Series of wars
Christians battled for control of Middle East lands with Muslims |
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Excommunication
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Could not receive church rituals and sent to hell for eternity
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Fief
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Estate of land
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Guild
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Associations of merchants and artisans
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Henry II
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Jury system, replaced corruption
Changes in court |
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Henry IV
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New trade routes, France superpower
Concord of Worms Killed Pope Gregory |
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Hundred Year's War
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After Black Death, between England and France
Set them apart |
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Innocent III
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Claimed papal supremacy
Helped church reach height of power |
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Interdict
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Excluding entire town/region
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Investiture
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Emperor presents bishops with ring and staff to symbolize their office
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King John
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Cruel ruler
Signed Magna Carta |
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Jury system
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Group of men sworn to speak the truth
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Knight
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Mounted warrior
Fight in war and to protect |
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Lords
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Above vassals
Divide up their land |
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Magna Carta
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Great charter signed by King John
Nobles got rights & Monarch must obey the law |
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Manor
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Lord's estate
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Parliament
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Helped unify England in government
Advice |
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Roman Catholic Church
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Reaches power
Popes were able to take over power of others Reforms and ideas for what the Church really is |
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Sacrament
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Sacred rites of the church
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Scholasticism
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Try to resolve conflict between faith and reason
Used reason to support Christian beliefs |
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Secular
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Worldly
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Serf
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Bound to the land on the manor
Not slaves but not free |
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Tithe
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1/10 of income goes to church
Supports the church |
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Treaty of Verdun
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Charlemagne's grandsons made the treaty
Split the empire into 3 regions after Charlemagne |
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Vassal
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Lesser lords
Loyal to greater lords |
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William the Conqueror
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Conquers England, becomes King on Christmas
Blending of French and Anglo-Saxon |
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Monarch
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A hereditary ruler who has central power
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Gergory VII
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Wanted to limit worldly influence on the Church
Controversy when he wanted an independent Church |
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Common law
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Legal system based on court rulings
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