Lesson 1
What does excommunicate mean?
To exclude a person from a church or a religious community.
What is Pilgrimage?
a journey undertaken to worship at a religious place.
What were the Crusades?
A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the holy land.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
It includes Spain and Portugal, sticking out into the Atlantic Sea.
What was the Black Death?
A deadly infection that left victims dying in a few days.
Who are non-church leaders?
Seculars
What is the Magna Carta?
A document that promised barons certain rights.
What was the Inquisition?
A series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics.
What is the Requinista?
Where Christains moved Muslims out of Spain.
What was the Peasants' Revolt?
A revolt where peasants and townspeople across Europe killed lords and burned manors.
Where was the Holy Roman Empire located?
In Germany and in some parts of Italy.
The writ of Habeas Corpus protects people from...
secret arrest and punishment.
How many crusades were there?
8
How was Portugal founded?
The effects of the Reconquista made it.
Who was blamed for the Black Death?
Jews
Who was claimed to be the successor of Charlemagne?
Ottoman the Great
When the pope excommunicated Henry, that meant Henry...
Wasn't a part of the church anymore.
What Latin word does the word "Crusade" come from?
Crux
What was the first large victory of the Reconquista?
The capture of the city of Toledo in 1085.
When did the Bubonic plague come into action?
1347
What was the event that happened that gave the Church and Emperors powers, but didn't fully stop all the fighting?
The Concordat of Worms
The struggle between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII revolved around the question of who had the right to...
appoint bishops in the Holy Roman Empire.
What was another name for Richard I of England?
Lionheart
How many volumes did the Moor's library contain?
About 400,000 volumes
What was the new weapon that pierced Frenchmen's armor?
Longbow