Chapter 19: Medieval Times Vocab

ideas or crimes against the church's teachings

2-3 church leaders claimed to be Pope; great confusion & doubt in Europe

code knights followed; bravery, obey master, respect women of noble birth, honor the church and help people

1000 year period between ancient and modern times; also called the medieval times

stopped the spread of Islam in Western Europe; defeated the Muslims at Battle of Tours

religious worship service for Catholic Christians

an agreement between the Pope and the ruler of a county

French girl believed God spoke to her; faith inspired victory at Orleans; later captured and burned alive

Duke of Normandy claimed the heirless English throne

political order; nobles governed and protected people in return for services

Bubonic plague spread by fleas carried by rats; millions died in Europe

group of merchants or craftsmen who set proces and quotas for things they made/sold: apprentice, journeymen, master

mounted (horseback) man-at-arms (warrior) serving a lord

King of the Franks; first Germanic leader to accept Catholic Christianity

doubled the size of Frankish Kingdom and united people of Western Europe under 1 gov't for the first time since Rome

great charter; gave nobles certain rights and protecting the rights of all freemen; it also said no one is above the law

struggle of Christian Spaniards to drive out the Muslims from the Iberian Penninsula

holy war; brgun under Pope Urban II in response to a plea for help from Byzantine Emperor

hostility and hatred or discrimination against Jews

war between English Kings and French kins over the right to rule certain areas in France/French wins