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West Civ Final
Harper Final
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History
Undergraduate 3
12/11/2010

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Flagellant Movement
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Traveling bands of penitents beat themselves bloody in hopes of appeasing the wrath of god
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Wat Tyler
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Pesents revolted and advocated for the destruction of the hierarchical feudal system
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Jacquerie
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French pesents around paris rose up against their lords in an orgy of arson, murder and rape in a rebellion
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Richard II
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14 year old ruler of england has a revolt against him
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Anti-Pope
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At times between the 3rd and mid-15th century, antipopes were typically those supported by a fairly significant faction of religious cardinals and secular kings and kingdoms
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Wycliffe
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Theologian whose extreme predestrainrisim led him to conclude that the sacraments of a corrupt church could not save anyone. Urged to replace corrupt reisets with men
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Edward II
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Heir to the throne of france but was from england, when war broke out he claimed to be rightful king of france
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Joan Of Arc
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Received Visions, performed miracles (Identified king, finds sword of Charles Martel, Orleans), String of victories, persuades charles to get crowned at Rhiems, Captured by France and excuted
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Alexios Komnenos
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was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire at the time of the First Crusade
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Magna Carta
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Important because it was an expression of the principle that the king is bound by the law
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Investiture Conflict
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Raised fundamental issues about the nature of the christian kingship. The relationship between the political and religious authority and the control that the popes and kings should exercise over the clergy
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Franciscan Order
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characterized less by a commitment to doctrine and discipline and more by a sense of emotional fervor
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Dominican Order
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Found by saint dominic and approved by Innocent III in 1216. Was particularly dedicated to the fight against heresy and to the conversion of jews and muslims
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Petarach
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Deeply committed catholic who belied that scholasticism was entirely misguided because it concentrated on abstract speculation rather tan on teaching people how to live virtuously and attain salvation
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Martin Luther
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He set a quest to set off a chain reaction that resulted in the succession of millions of Europeans from the roman catholic church and affecting the religious practices of nearly every christian in Europe, weather catholic or protestent
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Hundred years war
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War between France and England which had 3 phases, It started in 1337 and ended in 1453
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Black Death
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Deadly illness that spread from Mongolia to Chine, Northern India, the middle east and Crimea during the 1330's and 1340's
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