World History – Chapter 13 Review – Terms

The greatest Saxon poem which still remains today

The most influential church office in England

Used by King Alfred the great to make Englishmen aware of their common history through a running account of current events

Name later given to the Battle of Hastings

"Doomsday" or "day of judgment"; book which recorded the census of the English people and their property for tax purposes

Line of kings begun by henry II; so named for the sprig of the broom plant (plante genet) that henry's father Geoffrey, count of Anjou, wore in his hat

Laws common to all Englishmen

A trial in which a group of people are called to give a verdict, or true statements, regarding a legal matter

Document which made it clear that the king was not above the laws of England

A written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic governing principles

Edward I's representative form of Parliament which included two representatives from each shire and town

Title given to the eldest son and heir of the English sovereign in honor of Llewellyn, the Prince of Wales

Began with a dispute over the throne of France between Edward III and the French mobility; lasted from 1337 to 1438; France ultimately won

War between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, so named because the Lancasters used a red rose as their emblem and the Yorks a white rose as theirs; lasted from 1455 to 1485

Battle in 1485 which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses when henry Tudor defeated the last York ruler and became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England

The French version of Parliament

Claimed the throne of France after the last Capetian died in 1328, provoking the Hundred Years' War with England

Series of crusades fought in Spain and Portugal to expel the Moors fro the land

Effort of the Roman Catholic church and the Spanish monarchy to root up and destroy all "heretics" in Spain

Modern European civilization

Time in history when the nations of Europe began in earnest to explore distant lands across uncharted seas

The three ships which Columbus used on his first voyage to the New World

Spanish "conquerors" who explored and conquered the New World in hopes of bringing glory to Spain and spreading Romanism among the native inhabitants

Imaginary line drawn up by Pope alexander VI in 1493 to settle rivalry over the New World between Spain and Portugal

Supposed water route through North America to the Pacific