EXPANSION OF CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
FEDERATION
An association
of territories with the same monarch, but separate laws and institutions.
GLOSS
A series of
commentaries written on a Latin manuscripts, like the glosas silenses.
MIDDLE AGES
The historical
period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. It is divided
into the Early Middle Ages (5 th – 10 th centuries), the High Middle Ages (11
th – 13 th centuries) and the Late Middle Ages (14 h- 15 th centuries).
MILITARY
ORDERS
A religious
association of warriors who fought on behalf of Christianity in the Crusades
and the Reconquest.
MUDÉJAR
1.
A Muslim who lived in one of
the Iberian Christian Kingdoms.
2.
An artistic style in the
Christian Kingdoms that was influenced b Muslim art.
PILGRIMAGE
A journey to a
sacred place, like Mecca for Muslims, or Santiago de Compostela for Christians.
RECONQUEST
The recovery
of territory from Al-Andalus by Christian armies between the 8 th and 15 th
centuries. This became known as the Teconquista in Spanish.
ROMAN LANGUAGE
A language that came from Latin, like Castilian
Spanish, Catalan and Galician.
SYNAGOGUE
Holy place of
worship in the Jewish religion.
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