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15 Cards in this Set
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Simony
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A practice where Bishops sold positions in the church
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Gothic
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A style of architecture in medieval Europe
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Urban II
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The pope who issued a plea that resulted in the First Crusade
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Crusade
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"Holy War"
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Saladin
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A Kurdish warrior and Muslim leader
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Richard the Lion-Hearted
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The English king who was one of three who led the Third Crusade
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Reconquista
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The effort by the Spanish to drive the Muslims out of Spain
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Inquisition
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A court held by the Church to suppress herecy
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Three-Field System
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A system where farmers could grow crops on two-thirds of their land each year
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Guild
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An organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members
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Commercial Revolution
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The expansion of trade and business
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Burghers
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Merchant-class town dwellers
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Vernacular
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The everyday language of their home-land
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Thomas Aquinas
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A scholar who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument
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Scholastics
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Schoolmen
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