| A | B |
|---|
| scholasticism | school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian belief |
| vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people |
| crusades | holy wars |
| Isabella | queen who helped launch the Inquisition in Spain |
| Domesday Book | this listed every field, castle, and pigpen in England |
| common law | system of law that is the same for all people, based on court decisions that have become accepted legal principles |
| schism | permanent division in a church |
| Urban II | launched the Crusades |
| Joan of Arc | peasant woman who led French armies during the Hundred Years' War |
| William the Conqueror | defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and took over England |
| flying buttresses | stone supports on the outside of a building that allowed builders to construct higher walls and leave space for large stained-glass windows |
| Reconquista | reconquest; Christian warriors' campaign to drive Muslims out of Spain |
