World History-3.txt

Williams's nickname who became king of England on Christmas day in 1066

A legal system based on custom and court rulings

Legal group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case

Son of Henry II who is clever, cruel, untrustworthy ruler, and lost all of the struggles he had

Great charter

The requirement that the gov act fairly and in accordance w/ established rules in all that it does

Principle that a person can't be held in prison w/out first being charged w/ a specific crime

The legislature of England, and later of Great Britain

He became king of France and was a deeply religious man who persecuted heretics and Jews for not being Christian

Empire of west central Europe from 962 to 1806, comprising present-day Germany and neighboring lands

He was crowned king of Germany in 1054 and later became holy roman emperor

During Henry IV's reign, he was pope. This was also when conflict between monarchs and the church emerged

Appointment of bishops by anyone who is not a member of the clergy

Real name: Frederick I and a.k.a "Red Beard" dreamed of building an empire from the Baltic to the Adriatic

He took office in 1198 and claimed supremacy over all other rulers

A series of wars from the 1000's-1200s in which European Christians tried to win control of the holy land from the Muslims

Jerusalem and other places in Palestine where Christians believe Jesus had lived and preached

He was asked by the Byzantine emperor Alexius I for Christian knights to help him fight Muslim Turks & even though there was many rivals between Roman popes & Byzantine emperors he agreed

During the 1400s the campaign by European Christians to drive the Muslims from present-day Spain

Were married & used their combined forces to make a final push against the Muslim stronghold of Granada & in 1492 Granada fell & the Reconquista was complete

A church court setup to try ppl of accused of heresy

In medieval Europe the school of thought that used logic & reason to support Christian belief

He wrote Summa theologica where he concluded that faith and reason exist in harmony

Everyday languages of ordinary ppl such as French, German, & Italian

He was an Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy in the 1300s which talks about heaven and hell

An English writer who wrote the Canterbury Tales which describes a band of pilgrims traveling to saint Thomas Becket's tomb

Type of European architecture that developed in the middle ages characterized by flying buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, & high roofs

Stone supports that stood outside the church

The artistic decoration of books and manuscripts

An epidemic of the bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the 1300s

Outbreak of rapid-spreading disease

Rising prices

Permanent division in a church

Six-foot-long bow that could rapidly fire arrows w/ enough force to pierce most armor