Chapter 14 Terms
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Chapter 14 Terms
Section 1
1. Simony- When Bishops sold positions in the Church.
2. Gothic- A new style of architecture.
3. Urban II- He was a Pope.
4. Crusade- a "holy war'.
5. Saladin- A Muslim leader that took over Jerusalem.
6. Richard the Lion-Hearted- An English king.
7. Reconquista- A long effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain.
8. Inquisition- A court held by the Church to suppress heresy.
Section 2
1. Three-field system- Under this new system, famers could grow crops on two-thirds of their land each year, not just on half of it.
2. Guild- Was an organization on individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members.
3. Commercial Revolution- An expansion of trade and business.
4. Burghers- merchant-class town dweller, resented this interference in their trade commerce.
5. Vernacular- The everyday language of their homeland.
6. Thomas Aquinas- A scholar that argued that the basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument.
7. Scholastics- schoolmen.
Section 3
1. William the Conqueror- William was duke of Normandy.
2. Henry II- The English king.
3. Common law- Over the centuries, case by case, the rulings England's royal judges formed a unified body of law that became known as common law.
4. Magna Carta-On June 15, 1215, they forced John to agree to the most celebrated document in English history.
5. Parliament- Legislative group.
6. Hugh Capet- An undistinguished duke form the middle of France, succeeded him.
7. Phillip II- One of the most powerful Capertians.
8. Estates-General- The commoners, wealth landholders or merchants, that Philip invited to participate in the council became known as the Third Estate.
Section 4
1. Avignon- The city the new pope moved to.
2. Great Schism- A division of the church.
3. John Wycliffe- He challenged the papacy, he preached that Jesus Christ was the head
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