social studies vocab chap 3

Fjords

A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep stopes

Missionaries

People who are sent by religious organization to spread the faith

reconquestia

The Christian effort to take back Liberian peninsula

Vernacular

The Every day spoken language of region

Grand jury

A group of citizens that need to decide whether people should be accused of a crime

Feudalism

The system of service between the Lord and the vassals that have sworn loyalty to the Lord

Vassals

A person under the protection of a Lord, whom has vowed loyalty

Fief

A feudal estate belonging to a vassal

Antisemitism

Hostility towards our discrimination against Jews

Plague

A disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

Concordat

Agreement between a pope and the ruler of the county

Heresy

Ideas that go against church teachings

shcolacitism

A way of thinking that combined faith and reason

Trial jury

A group of citizens that need to decide whether people should be accused of crime a group of citizens that need to decide whether people should be accused of crime

Guilds

A group of merchants are craftsman during medieval times

Habeas corpus

In order to bring a job Persoñ before a judge to find out whether that person should be actually in jail

Chivalry

The system spirit are customs of mede

Theology

The study of religions, faith, practice and experience

Serf

A member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner

Knights

Amounted man, an army serving a feudal superior