History vocab.
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- cathedral
- a large and inportant church
- excommunicate
- to formally deprive a person of membership in a church
- monastery
- a community of monks
- Jew
- a kescendant of the anciant Hbrews, the founders of hte religion Judiasisn; also, any person whose religion is Judaism
- commoner
- a person who is not of noble rank
- vault
- an arched structure used to hold up a ceiling or a roof
- hierachy
- a system or organizing people into ranks, with those of highest rank having power and privileges
- charter
- a written grant of rightrs and privileges by a ruler or goverment to a community, class of people, or organization
- common law
- a body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
- heretic
- a person who holds beliefs that are contrary to the teachings of a church or other group
- fresco
- a picture painted on the moist plaster of a wall or ceiling
- university
- school of advance learning
- proverb
- a popular saying that is meant to express something wise or true
- journeyman
- a person who has learned a particular trade or craft, but has not becaome an employer, or master
- miracle play
- a type of religious drama in the MIddle Ages based on stories about saints
- commerce
- the buying and selling of goods
- scribe
- a person trained to write or copy documents by hand
- manor
- a large estate, including farmland and villages, held by a lord
- mystery play
- a type of religious drama in the Middle Ages based on stories from the Bible
- truce
- an agreed-upon halt in fighting
- philosophy
- the sudy of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality
- secondary source
- materials that interpret primary sources; something writen by another historian
- aqueduct
- a pipe or channel built to carry water between distant places
- relic
- an object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or other holy person
- chivalry
- the medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women
- persecute
- th cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs
- archeologists
- people who study the past by examining artifacts
- armor
- a covering, usually made of metal or leather, worn to protect the body during fighting
- divine right of kings
- the belief that God gives maonarchs the right to rule
- domain
- the land controlled by a ruler or lord
- fief
- land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
- bubonic plague
- a deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas
- monasticism
- a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith
- Christianity
- the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
- nun
- awomean who ahs taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church
- monarch
- a rler, such as a king or queen
- natural law
- the concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking
- illluminated manuscript
- a handwritten book decorated with breight colors and precious metals
- barbarian
- a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncviilized
- artifacts
- objects from the past that people left behind
- mural
- a painting on a wall
- theology
- the study of God and religious truth
- primary source
- come from the period being studied like diary and letters
- minstrel
- a singer or musician who sang or recited poems to music played on a harp or other instrument
- habeas corpus
- the principle that accused persons cannoth be held in jail without the consent of a court
- clergy
- the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
- historians
- rocord and interpret the past using primary and secondary sources
- friar
- a member or a certain religious order devoted to teaching and works of charity
- mosaic
- a picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone
- moat
- a deep, wide ditch, often filled with water
- longbow
- a large bow used for firing feathered arrows
- cossbow
- a medieval weapon made up of a bow that was fixed across a wooden stock (which had a groove to direct the arrow's flight) and operated by a trigger
- convent
- a community or nuns: also called a nunnery
- Roman Catholic Church
- the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome
- rhetoric
- the study of persuasive writing and speaking
- duke
- the highest type of European noble, ranking just below a prince
- apprentice
- a person who works for an expert in a trade or craft in return for training
- pilgrimage
- a journey to a holy site
- pope
- the bishop of Rome and supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church
- noble
- a person of high rank by birth or title
- guild
- an organization of people in the same craft or trade
- medieval
- the period between acient and modern times
- monk
- a man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service to a monastery
- sacrament
- a solemn rite of Christian churches; baptism, confirmation, eucharist, marrige, holy orders, penance, and extreme unction
- leprosy
- a skin and nerve disease that causes open sores on the body and can lead to serious complications and death
- religious order
- a brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns, or friars