The Crusades Flashcards
1
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Simony
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A practice of Bishops selling positions in the Church.
2
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Gothic
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A new style of architecture that was used throughout medieval Europe in the early 1100s.
3
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Urban the Second
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The pope at the time of the Crusades who issued the order for Christians to go on the Crusades and fight to earn a spot in heaven.
4
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Crusade
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A “holy war”, was started to gain control of the Holy Land.
5
Q
Saladin
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A Muslim leader and Kurdish warrior who controlled Jerusalem in 1187.
6
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Richard the Lion-Hearted
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The English king who was left to lead the Crusaders during the Third Crusade. He ended the crusade by making a truce with Saladin.
7
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Reconquista
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A long effort by the Spanish to drive the Muslims out of Spain.
