People 1
A Franciscan friar who made the manger scene that we use to this day.
Muslim leader who recaptured Jerusalem and started the 3rd Major Crusade.
Saladin
College of Cardinals
The everyday language of the people in one place.
vernacular
Troubadours
A German ruler, who was part of the Saxon house, who chose churchmen to be his vassals.
Otto I
A scholar who is known as "The prince of schoolmen." He made the teachings of Aristotle equal to the ones of the Bible.
Thomas Aquinas
The highest legislature, consisting of the House of Lords, the House of Commons, and has the power of the purse. A system of governing made by Edward I.
Parliament
The buying and selling of blessed goods in church/ on church grounds. This was frowned upon by the later protestants.
Brothers in Christ who sought poverty. Many different subcategories fit under this one.
Friars
English ruler who established a military class, created the English navy, built schools, made fortifications along the coast of England, created shires and wrote the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Alfred the Great
An author during the middle ages, who wrote the Divine Comedy.
Dante Alighieri
Legal document that forced the king to be under the law; 1215; signed by John I
Magna Carta
Holy wars which were meant to honor God and free Jerusalem from the hands of the Muslims. Kings like Richard I fought in these.
Crusades
A law that made everyone under the law. Made by Henry II of England.
Common-Law
English ruler who, although originally from France, brought Feudalism to England, and wrote the Domesday Book.
William the Conqueror of Normandy
Scholar who said believed that one needs to make observations and experiments in order to make conclusions.
Roger Bacon
Legislative branch in France representing the nobles, clergy, and commons.
Estates-General
A disease that came upon medieval Europe and killed thousands of people. A sickness that was carried by rats and was caused by filthy towns and bad hygiene.
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
Intense questioning of Heretics. Guilty until proven not.
Inquisition
The English ruler who is known as the "Lion-hearted" who went on the King's crusade and ruled for approximately 10 years.
Richard I
The medieval author who wrote the Canterbury Tales.
Scholasticism
The war between the French and the Engish which lasted about 100 years. Edward III and Joan of Arc fought in this war.
Hundred Year's War
An arrested person is required to be brought under a trial before a judge or into court.
Habeas Corpus