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Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words. Middle Ages. Monasteries Franks Convents Secular. Germanic people from Gaul (modern day France and Switzerland ) Worldly (involved in politics and other social matters) Religious communities built by the church for women (nuns)

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Vocabulary Words

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  1. Vocabulary Words Middle Ages

  2. Monasteries • Franks • Convents • Secular • Germanic people from Gaul (modern day France and Switzerland) • Worldly (involved in politics and other social matters) • Religious communities built by the church for women (nuns) • Religious communities built by the church for men (monks)

  3. The Pope • Clergy • Tithe • Sacraments • Different ranks of Church leaders including priests, bishops, cardinals and the Pope • Church tax • The bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church • Important religious ceremonies

  4. Lay Investiture • Simony • Heretic • Canon Law • Anyone who does not conform to an established religious belief, especially a Roman Catholic that disavows Church law • Selling or buying of church positions • Church law • A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials

  5. Feudalism • Chivalry • Manor • Crusade • The lord’s estate • Complex set of ideals or code by which medieval knights followed. • Social structure in medieval Europe including the king, lords, knights, vassals, and serfs • A holy war launched by Pope Urban II to reclaim the Holy Land for Christians

  6. Common Law • Parliament • Magna Carta • Estates-General • Legislative body in England • Meeting of the three estates in France: the Church leaders, the lords, and the commoners • Unified body of law in England formed by England’s royal judges • Document drawn up by English nobles and signed by King John which guaranteed certain rights for the people

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