Women of the Middle Ages
The leader of a convent.
Who is the abbess?
The right to be a ruler (idiom).
What is "claim to the throne."
A place where legal matters are presented and decisions made about disputes or people who have broken the law.
What is court?
Showing deep religious feelings.
What is devout?
To cancel; to make no longer legal or true.
What is annul?
A person who writes music.
Who is a composer?
A person who takes control of a territory after an invasion.
What is a conquerer?
A series of rulers who are all from the same family.
What is dynasty?
A punishment given by a high-ranking religious official saying that a person can no longer be part of the Church.
What is excommunication?
Religious wars during the Middle Ages in which Christians from Europe attempted to recover territory from Muslims in the Middle East.
What are the crusades?
Cleanliness
What is hygeine?
The activities of a leader or ruler running a government.
What is politics?
A group of people who listen to information presented during a trial in a court and make decisions about whether someone is guilty or innocent.
A long and bitter argument.
What is a feud?
A female noble who is the wife or widow of a duke or who rules a small territory herself.
What is a duchess?
A school where advanced learning is taught.
What is an university?
Money collected from citizens by the government.
What is tax?
A person who becomes king, queen, or leader after the recent leader's death.
What is successor?
A journey undertaken for religious purposes.
What is a pilgrimage?
Be the center of attention, be surrounded by people who want to talk, listen, and entertain. (Idiom)
What is "hold court"?
An image in one's mind or imagination that others can't see.
What is a vision?
A place considered holy because it is associated with a religious person or saint.
What is a shrine?
An improvement.
What is reform?