| A | B |
|---|
| theology | the study of religion and god |
| anti-Semitism | the hatred of jews |
| fief | land granted to a knight or vassal |
| clergy | people ordained as priests |
| Saladin | the Egyptian ruler who united the Musililms and went to war agains the Christians |
| heresy | religious beliefs in conflict with the church teachings |
| Aachen | the capitol of Charlemagne's empire |
| Otto I | German king the pope declared emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. |
| Fjord | a steep-sided valley that has an inlet of the sea |
| excommunicate | to exclude a person from church membership |
| serf | a person who worked on a lords land |
| Normandy | a region named from the Norseman who ruled it |
| knight | a warrior on horseback |
| concordat | an agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country |
| vernacular | the local language used by people of the region |
