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Chapter 15 Vocabulary
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History
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04/13/2010

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clergy
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group of people who give their lives to serve the CHurch as priests, monks, and higher church officials.
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Pope Leo III
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Visited Charlemagne in 799; crowned Charlemagne emperor
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coronation
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crowning ceremony
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Pope Gregory VII
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thought that the pope alone had the power to choose bishops and had supreme power; excommunicated Henry IV
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secular
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nonchurch
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Henry IV
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didn't thing that Popes had supreme power and named his own bishop; tried to remove Gregory as pope which resulted in being excommunicated
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excommunicate
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exclude a person from a church or religious community
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William the Conqueror
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led the Normans in attack against English; they won; crowned king of England; introduced a strong feudal system to England
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King John
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claimed the throne after William the Conqueror; raised taxes to create an army, which angered the barons; signed the Magna Carta
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common law
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body of law that has developed from customs and from judges' decisions rather than laws passed by a law-making assembly
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Habeas corpus
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a court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court
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writ
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court order
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parliament
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an assembly of representitives who make laws
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pilgrim
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a religious person who travels to a holy place or shrine
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crusade
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Christan religious war
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heresy
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belief that is rejected by official Church doctrine
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inquisition
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a Church court designed to investigate and judge heretics
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Reconquista
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The movement to drive the Muslims from Spain; aka Reconquest
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Ferdinand
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husband of Isabella; their marriage united Spain's largest Christian kingdoms; they concentrated on conquering Granada
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Isabella
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Wife of Ferdinand; their marriage united Spain's largest Christian kingdoms; they concentrated on conquering Granada
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