| A | B |
|---|
| Secular | Means "worldy", concerned with worldy instead of spiritual matters |
| Monastery | religious communities, place where monks gave up possessions and devoted lives to God |
| Simony | a practice whereby bishops sold positions in the Church |
| Gothic Architecture | developed by Goths, cathedrals thrust upwards (towards heaven), included sculpture, wood carvings, and stained glass windows |
| Inquisition | A court held by the Church to supress heresy |
| Guild | organization of people in same business working to improve the social or economics of members |
| Feudalism | Political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that belong to the king |
| Bound | restricted or limited |
| Burghers | Merchant-class dwellers |
| Scholastics | Schoolmen used knowledge of Aristotle to debate issues of the time |
| Chivary | A code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe |
| Common law | Unified body of law |
| Magna Carta | Document drawn up by English nobles, King John forced to sign, guaranteed some politcal rights |
| Parliament | Legislative group that makes laws for a nation |
| Sack | to destroy a city and steal the wealth and valuables |
| Waned | to decrease in size or degree |
| Great Schism | A divisionin medieval Roman Catholic Chuch, rival popes established |
| Bubonic Plague | Black Death, killed one-third population in Europe, began in Asia |
| Renaissance | Rebirth, revival of art and learning |
| Patron | People who finacially supported the artists |
| Humanism | intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements |
| Agrarian | farming based |
