1
Q
simony
A
bishops selling positions in the church
2
Q
Gothic
A
- new type of architecture
- from Germanic tribe Goths
- stained glassed Windows, tall(reaching towards heaven), flying buttress, ribbed vaulted ceilings,pointed arches
3
Q
pope Urban 2
A
- read Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus letter to defeat Muslim Turks
- launched crusades
4
Q
crusade
A
“holy war”
to gain control of the Holy Land, 300 years
5
Q
Saladin
A
Muslim leader, Kurdish warrior
-took back land in 2nd Crusade that the Europeans took
6
Q
Richard the lion-hearted
A
English King, (Henry 2’s son)
- lead the 3rd Crusade, ended in a truce with Saladin
7
Q
Reconquista
A
long attempt by Spanish to drive Muslims out of Spain
-1492 Granada fell to Spanish rulers
8
Q
Inquisition
A
- Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella used
- court held by the church to suppress heresy (heretics-religious beliefs differed from the church)
