Anglo-Saxons Flashcards
1
Q
Trial by ordeal
A
method of determining a person’s guilt or innocence
2
Q
Excommunication
A
Cutting off someone from the church
3
Q
Papacy
A
Office of the pope
4
Q
Nepotism
A
Awarding posts within the church to relatives/ friends.
5
Q
Pluralism
A
Holding more than one Church post.
6
Q
Simony
A
Selling church posts
7
Q
Celibacy
A
State of abstaining from marriage
8
Q
The Danelaw
A
The part of England where Danish (Viking) power had been strongest and which had kept some of its Danish laws instead of Anglo-Saxon ones.
9
Q
Geld tax
A
A tax on land
10
Q
Levy
A
Impose a tax
