Words to know
Exchequer - treasury
Common Law - legal system based on custom and court rulings.
Jury - group of men sworn to speak the truth
Lay Investiture - creation of bishops by anyone who is not a member of the clergy
Annul - invalidate
Crusade - holy war
Schism - split
Levy - collected
Religious Toleration - a policy allowing people to worship as they choose; freedom of religion
Scholasticism - in medieval Europe, school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian belief
Vernacular - everyday languages of ordinary people, such as French, German, and Italian
Epics - long narrative poems
Flying Buttresses - stone supports that stood outside the church, typically used to put in stain glass windows
Illumination - the artistic decoration of books
Epidemic - outbreak of rapid-spreading disease
Inflation - rising prices
Longbow - six-foot-long bow that could rapidly fire arrows with enough force to pierce most armor
Common Law - legal system based on custom and court rulings.
Jury - group of men sworn to speak the truth
Lay Investiture - creation of bishops by anyone who is not a member of the clergy
Annul - invalidate
Crusade - holy war
Schism - split
Levy - collected
Religious Toleration - a policy allowing people to worship as they choose; freedom of religion
Scholasticism - in medieval Europe, school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian belief
Vernacular - everyday languages of ordinary people, such as French, German, and Italian
Epics - long narrative poems
Flying Buttresses - stone supports that stood outside the church, typically used to put in stain glass windows
Illumination - the artistic decoration of books
Epidemic - outbreak of rapid-spreading disease
Inflation - rising prices
Longbow - six-foot-long bow that could rapidly fire arrows with enough force to pierce most armor