| A | B |
| Hundred Years' War | long conflict between England and France |
| Black Death | Deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 |
| Heresy | Religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings |
| Reconquista | Efforts to retake spain from the moors |
| Spanish Inquisition | Priests that looked for and punished anyone in Spain suspected of secretly practicing their old religion |
| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella | ruled all of Spain in 1469 |
| Joan of Arc | Teenage peasant girl that rallied the French troops |
| Thomas Aquinas | Dominican philosopher and teacher at the University of Paris |
| Feudalism | The system of land grants in exchange for loyality |
| Clergy | The men and women who work for the Catholic Church |