Module 11: Church & Society in Western Europe (voc - full)

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Clergy

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Church officials

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Sacrament

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sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church

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Canon Law

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Church law

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Holy Roman Empire

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A loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.

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lay investiture

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A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials

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Simony

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the buying and selling of church offices

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Gothic

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relating to a style of church architecture that developed in medieval Europe, featuring ribbed vaults, stained glass windows, flying buttresses, pointed arches, and tall spires

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Pope Urban II

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The pope that issued the crusades in 1095 CE

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crusade

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holy war

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Saladin

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(1137-1193) Powerful Muslim ruler during Third Crusade, defeated Christians at Hattin took Jerusalem