World History: 10. Struggle in Medieval Europe, Lessons 3–5

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  1. crusade
    a medieval military expedition to the Holy Land
    The Crusades, a series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land, had begun.
  2. establish
    set up or found
    By 1099, the crusaders had captured Jerusalem and established four crusader states in the Holy Land.
  3. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
    A heresy is a belief that is rejected by official Church teaching.
  4. inquisition
    a severe interrogation
    In the 1200s, Pope Gregory IX created the Inquisition, a series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics.
  5. region
    the extended spatial location of something
    In the Languedoc region of France, entire communities of Christians were massacred or exiled for disagreeing with Church teachings.
  6. legal
    of or relating to jurisprudence
    One was the Muslim legal scholar and judge Ibn Rushd, or Averröes.
  7. determined
    strongly motivated to succeed
    Isabella and Ferdinand were determined to unite Spain as a Catholic country.
  8. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
    A famine is a serious shortage of food.
  9. invisible
    impossible or nearly impossible to see
    During the early years of the war, the French suffered from the attacks of an even greater and invisible enemy—the plague.
  10. bubonic
    relating to inflamed or swollen lymph nodes
    The epidemic was the bubonic plague, a deadly infection.
  11. plague
    a serious infection of rodents transmitted to humans
    The epidemic was the bubonic plague, a deadly infection.
  12. network
    an interconnected system of things or people
    The epidemic began in Central Asia. From there, it slowly spread along the trade networks that linked China, India, and the Middle East.
  13. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
    In 1381, peasants mounted the Peasants' Revolt, killing lords and burning manors.
  14. revolt
    organized opposition to authority
    In 1381, peasants mounted the Peasants' Revolt, killing lords and burning manors.
Created on Tue Jun 29 09:48:34 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Jul 20 11:41:39 EDT 2021)

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