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Year 7 Decline of Monarchy Glossary Flashcards

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ANGLO SAXON

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Descendant of the Angle and Saxon tribes settled in England

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ARCHBISHOP

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Leader in the English Church

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ARMADA

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Spanish ships sailing in formation

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BARON

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Powerful landowner

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CIVIL WAR

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War between people from the same country

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CLERGY

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All people employed by the Church

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COURT

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Where people are put on trial for a crime

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CRUSADE

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A holy war

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DIVINE RIGHT

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The idea that kings get their power from God

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EARL

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An important high-ranking noble

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ECONOMIC

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To do with money and trade

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EXCOMMUNICATE

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To be cut off from the Catholic Church by the Pope

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FEUDAL

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A ranking system based on power, land and money

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FREEMEN

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Peasants who were free to travel

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INTERREGNUM

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Period when normal government is suspended

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MEDIEVAL

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To do with the Middle Ages

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MONARCH

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A king or a queen

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MP

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Member of Parliament

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NOBLE

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A rich person with high social standing

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NORMAN

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Person from Normandy

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PARLIAMENT

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A group of people who represent the rest of the country

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PEASANT

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A poor person with low social standing

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POPE

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Head of the Catholic Church

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PROTESTANT

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A follower of a type of Christianity which began as a protest against the Catholic Church

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PURITAN

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An more extreme protestant

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REBELLION

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Resistance against people in charge

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REFORMATION

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The period in which the Protestant church was formed in Europe in the 16th Century

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RESTORATION

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The return of the king in 1660

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ROYALIST

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A supporter of the monarchy

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STUART

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The family which ruled England between 1603-1714

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TAXATION

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Money paid to a ruler or the government by the people of a country

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VILLEINS

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Peasants who were NOT free to travel

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