World History Vocabulary Unit 4- Sswh7-9

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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Troubadour

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Wandering poet in Europe in the Middle Ages

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Sacrament

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Sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church

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Excommunication

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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey church laws

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Interdict

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In the Roman Catholic Church, excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom

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Usury

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Practice of lending money with interest

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Guild

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any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that sometimes constituted a local governing body. ; an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.

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Crusade

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any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims

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Scholasticism

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the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.;

narrow adherence to traditional teachings, doctrines, or methods.

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Vernacular

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expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works

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Humanism

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any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.

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Perspective

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a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.

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Pedestination

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the state of being predestinated or predestined. Having a pre planned destiny

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Recant

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to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.

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Indulgence

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the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.