Chapter 8- Medieval Culture Vocab 14

Question 0

Otto I’s empire which was supposed to combine the strength of the Roman Empire with the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church

Answer 0

Holy Roman Empire

Question 1

System of law in England based on decision of royal courts that become accepted legal principles

Answer 1

Common law

Question 2

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one person to another

Answer 2

Cultural diffusion

Question 3

Everyday language of people

Answer 3

Vernacular

Question 6

Type of European architecture that developed in the Middle Ages, characterized by flying buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs.

Answer 6

Gothic style

Question 8

Principle that a person can not be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

Answer 8

Haebeus corpus

Question 9

Legislative body of a democratic system in which a prime minister is chosen from those elected to office

Answer 9

Parliament

Question 10

During the 1400s, the campaign by European Christians to drive the Muslims from present day Spain

Answer 10

Reconquista

Question 11

An artistic decoration of books and manuscripts

Answer 11

Illumination

Question 12

An outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1348 which destroyed up to 1/3 of the population of Europe

Answer 12

Black Death

Question 13

Part of the economic cycle in which an increase in money supply results in an increase of prices

Answer 13

Inflation

Question 14

Conflict between England and France over English control of French Land. 1337-1453.

Answer 14

100 years war

Question 16

Church court set up to try people accused of heresy

Answer 16

Inquisition

Question 19

A military expedition by Christians against Muslims who controlled the holy land

Answer 19

Crusades

Question 21

Document signed by King John in 1215 which limited the power of the monarch

Answer 21

Magna Carta