Module 11 - Church & Society - 15 of 35 terms

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Pope Urban II

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The religious leader who was the first to call for a crusade.

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What was the goal or aim of the Crusades?

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To try to conquer the Holy Land and Jerusalem

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Saladin

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The Muslim Sultan who led the campaign to drive the Christians out of the Holy Land.

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The clergy

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religious officials

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Lay Investiture

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a ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials

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Three Field System

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This farming technique, developed in Europe during the Middle Ages, allowed people to increase food production.

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A letter of credit

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This was issued by a bank allowing the bearer to withdraw a specific amount of money from the bank.

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Joan of Arc

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A French soldier and a national heroine who successfully led the French to regain land from the English during the One Hundred Years War.

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guild

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In medieval Europe, this was an association of people in the same occupation who earned agreed upon wages and prices for their products.

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the Great Famine

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A prolonged period of major crop failures that led to mass starvation in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages.