| A | B |
|---|
| manor | an agritucultural estate run by a lord and worked by peasants. |
| serf | a peasant legally bound to the land who had to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to the lord's control. |
| money economy | an economic system based on money rather than barter. |
| commercial capitalism | an economic system in which people invested in trade & goods in order to make a profit. |
| guild | business associations organized by the craftspeople. |
| heresy | the denial of basic Church doctrines. |
| Inquisition | (Holy Office) a court made by the Catholic Church to try and find heretics. |
| sacrament | Christian rites (baptism, marriage, communion...) |
| theology | the study of religion. |
| new monarchies | govt. in which power had been centralized under a king or queen (15th century). |
