| A | B |
|---|
| secular | non-Church |
| excommunication | exclude a person from a church or a religious community |
| pilgrimage | a journey undertaken to worship at a holy place |
| Magna Carta | "Great Charter" recognized the rights of the barons |
| common law | body of law that has developed from custom and judges' decisions rather than from a lawmaking body |
| habeas corpus | court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court |
| writ | court order |
| parliament | an assembly of representatives who make laws |
| Crusades | a series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land. |
| heresy | a belief that is rejected by official Church teaching |
| Insquisition | a series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics |
| Iberian Peninsula | the peninsula where present day Spain and Portugal are located |
| Moors | Muslims in Spain |
| Reconquista | The movement to drive the Muslims from Spain |
