The High & Late Middle Ages

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1. Law was the same for all people

2. Everyday language of ordinary people

3. Study that uses reason to support Christian belief

4. Split (involving the Church)

5. Holy war

6. Outbreak of a rapid spreading disease

7. Appointment & installation of bishops by non-clergy

8. Artistic decoration of books in Gothic style

9. Pope who led Church at the height of power in Middle Ages

10. Peasant woman who led French troops to victory in 100 Years' War

11. Ruler who used the Inquisition to help unify Spain after the Reconquista

12. Religious French king who improved royal government

13. Holy Roman Emperor who fought to control wealthy northern Italian cities

14. Duke of Saxony who took the title of king of Germany and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

15. Argued with the Church over lay investitures

16. English king forced to sign the Magna Carta

17. Medieval literature that takes the reader on a journey through hell

18. Christian scholar used reason to define Christian teaching

19. Norman king responsible for Domesday book & defeat at Battle of Hastings

20. Document that said even monarchs must obey the law

21. Treaty that ended the struggle between emperors & popes over lay investitures

22. Rulers could not control strong nobles

23. To free the holy land

24. Drive the Moors out of Spain

25. Economic decline; population decrease

26. Women couldn't attend universities

27. Had sculptures & stained glass recreations that showed biblical stories

28. 1st universities evolved

29. Strengthen ties with the middle class

30. The right it try clergy

31. Imposed royal law; made throne hereditary

32. Trade; economic ventures; national pride

33. Drive Muslim Turks out of the Holy Land

34. Launched crusade against the Jewish & Muslim

35. All knowledge must fit with church teaching

36. Peasants migrated into cities; populations declined ; crops rotting; famine