| A | B |
|---|
| monastery | a community where monks live |
| nun | women who devote their lives to religion |
| convent | community where nuns live |
| cathedral | large or important Christain Church |
| plague | a disease that spreads quickly |
| Benedict | founder of the Benedictine order |
| Francis of Assisi | founder of the Franciscan order |
| Pope Urban II | pope who called for the 1st Crusades |
| Crusade | wars for control of the Holy Land |
| saint | a person who is especially holy |
| Renaissance | a period of artistic & cultural change in Europe |
| humanism | a focus on human values & achievement |
| patron | supporter of the arts |
| indulgence | a pardon or forgiveness for sins |
| reform | to change |
| Reformation | a movement to bring change to the Catholic Church |
| Protestantism | people who protested aganist the Catholic Church |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| heliocentrism | sun centered solar system |
| geocentricism | eath centered solar system |
