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CHAPTER 14 Flashcards

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Simony

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Practice of bishops selling church positions

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GOTHIC

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Architecture form after classic Roman era, cathedrals

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Urban II***

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Started crusades

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Crusade

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Holy war to gain control of holy land by western Christians from Muslims in Byzantine empire

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Saladin

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Muslim leader and Kurdish warrior took over jeuresalem

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Richard the lion hearted

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Lead crusade to regain Jerusalem from Saladin, English king

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Reconquista

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Long effort to drive Muslims out of Spain

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Inquisition

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A court used to suppress non believers, torture and kill

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Three field system

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Uses 2/3 of land each season instead of 1/2

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The Guild

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Organizations of people in the same business works together to improve economy, social conditions of workers

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Commercial revolution

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Expansion of trade and business

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Burghers

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Merchant class, in towns new social class bounded together to demand rights

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Thomas Aquinas

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Mid 1200s scholar used logic to prove religion

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Scholastics

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Scholars who met at universities

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William the Conquerer

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Duke of Normandy (France) invaded England taking cousins throne, eventually claimed 1/5 of land for himself, centralizing gov.

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Henry II

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English King marries Eleanor of Aquitaine of France, descended of William, strengthened royal courts

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Common law

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Law that developed in these courts, used today to ensure unified law w/o bias

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Parliament

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Legislative group Edward I gathered to raise taxes for war, provided check on Royal power

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Hugh Capet

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Started Capetian dynasty

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Phillip II

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Only strong Capetian Phillip augustus took Normandy from King John

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Estates general

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Meeting of all classes in France like parliament did not check Royal power

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Avignon

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Pope Clement V moved to city after being appointed by Philip IV

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Great Schism

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Divide in church when two popes excommunicated each other

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John Wycliffe

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Englishman challenged papacy preached Jesus was head of church not pope. English translation of bible

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Jon Hus

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Professor of Bohemia taught and inspired by John Wycliffe excommunicated then burned

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Bubonic plague

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1/3 of pop. Died in Europe started in Asia

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The hundreds year war

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Between England and France power struggle

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Joan of Arc

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French peasant teenage girl heard voices of saints urged her to drive out Englishman

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