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Chapter 15 Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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steep-sided valley that is an inlet of the sea | fjord |
person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others | missionary |
to declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church | excommunication |
agreement between the pope & the ruler of the country | concordat |
political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords & vassals | feudalism |
in feudalism a noble who held land from & served a higher-ranking lord, an in return was given protection | vassal |
under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty | fief |
in the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback | knight |
peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble | serf |
medieval business group formed by crafts people and merchants | guild |
group decided whether there is enough evidence to accuse a person of a crime | grand jury |
group that decided whether an accused person was innocent or guilty | trial jury |
religious officials such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services | clergy |
body of coherent matter | mass |
belief that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs | heresy |
hatred of the Jews | antisemitism |
the study of the gods & nature of religious truth | theology |
method of critical thought when taught by academics | scholasticism |
language or dialect spoken by ordinary people, in a particular country or religion | vernacular |
a deadly infectious disease | plague |
characterization of the increased demographic & cultural presence of more hispanic religions | reconquista |