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50 Cards in this Set
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Domesday Book
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Result of complete census taken by Duke William and later helped English monarchs build an efficient system of taxes.
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Henry II
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He wanted to try clergy in royal courts, developed an early jury system, and broadened the system of royal justice.
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Thomas Becket
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The archbishop of Canterburry who dissagreed with Henry II's attempt to try clergy in royal courts. He was murdered in 1170 by four of Henry's knights and was declared a saint.
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Louis IX
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Embodied the ideal of the perfect midieval monarch. He persecuted non-christians and led wars against the muslims. His enormous personal prestige helped create a strong national feeling among his subjects.
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Exchequer
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treasury
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Common Law
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legal system based on custom and court rulings
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Magna Carta
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John was forced to sign this charter by a group of rebellious barons. In it he affirmed a long list of feudal rights.
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Holy Roman Empire
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led by the holy roman emperor. holy because they were crowned by the pope and roman because they saw themselves as heirs to the emperors of ancient rome.
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Gregory VII
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Pope who banned lay investiture. He wanted to make the church independant of secular rulers.
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Henry IV
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Holy Roman Emperor who dissagreed with Gregory's ban on lay investiture.
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Innocent III
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Pope who embodied the triumph of the church and claimed supremacy over all other rulers. He clashed with many powerful rulers but nearly always came out on top.
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Lay Investiture
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when the emperor or another lay person presents a bishop with a ring or a staff to signify his office
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Council of Clermont
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1095 Urban II incited bishops and nobled to take action against the turks
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Saladin
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Muslim leader who captured Jerusalem from the Christians.
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Reconquista
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christian campaign to drive Muslims from Jerusalem
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Marco Polo
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Venetian explorer who spent many years in China learning about their civilization.
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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monarchs who finally drove the muslims out of spain and tried to unify the nation under christianity.
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crusades
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holy wars called for by Pope Urban II to free the holy land from the muslims
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Thomas Aquinas
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Wrote Summa Theologica and brought christian faith together with classical greek philosophy
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Dante Alighieri
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Itallian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy
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Goeffery Chaucer
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wrote the canterbury tales
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Scholasticism
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method developed by christian scholars that used reason to support christian beliefs
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Flying buttresses
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stone supports that stood outside of gothic style buildings
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vernacular
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the everyday languages of ordinary people
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song of roland
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most popular chanson de geste which paraises the courage of one of Charlemagne's knights
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Jan Hus
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Man who led call for reforms in Bohemia. His followers were the hussites. He was tried for heresy and burned at the stake in 1415
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Joan of Arc
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17-year-old peasant girl who led the French army to many victories before she was captured by the english and burned at the stake.
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John Wycliffe
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Oxford professor who attacked Church corruption. He insisted that the bible, not the church, was the source of all Christian truth.
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100 Years War
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Series of conflicts between England and France that lasted from 1337-1453 over power and economic rivalry.
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Babylonian Captivity
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The time period when the papal court remained under French domination for about 70 years
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Inflation
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rising prices
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Francesco Petrarch
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Florentine who was an warly Renaissance humanist. He assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts and wrote Sonnets to Laura.
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Leonardo da Vinvi
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Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. He was also many other things including an inventor
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Humanism
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imtellectual movement at the heart of the Italian renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues
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Castiglione
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author of The Book of the Courtier
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Goeffery Chaucer
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wrote the canterbury tales
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Scholasticism
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method developed by christian scholars that used reason to support christian beliefs
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Flying buttresses
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stone supports that stood outside of gothic style buildings
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vernacular
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the everyday languages of ordinary people
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song of roland
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most popular chanson de geste which paraises the courage of one of Charlemagne's knights
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Jan Hus
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Man who led call for reforms in Bohemia. His followers were the hussites. He was tried for heresy and burned at the stake in 1415
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Joan of Arc
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17-year-old peasant girl who led the French army to many victories before she was captured by the english and burned at the stake.
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John Wycliffe
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Oxford professor who attacked Church corruption. He insisted that the bible, not the church, was the source of all Christian truth.
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100 Years War
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Series of conflicts between England and France that lasted from 1337-1453 over power and economic rivalry.
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Babylonian Captivity
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The time period when the papal court remained under French domination for about 70 years
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Inflation
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rising prices
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Francesco Petrarch
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Florentine who was an warly Renaissance humanist. He assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts and wrote Sonnets to Laura.
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Leonardo da Vinvi
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Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. He was also many other things including an inventor
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Humanism
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imtellectual movement at the heart of the Italian renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues
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Castiglione
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author of The Book of the Courtier
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