Crusades

3. military expeditions carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims
4. the study of religion and God
5. hostility toward or discrimination against Jews
6. a decree by the pope that forbade priests from giving the sacraments of the Church to the people
9. the denial of basic Church doctrines
10. the practice by which secular rulers both chose nominees to church offices and gave them the symbols of their office
11. a written or an oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression

1. a medieval philosophical and theological system that tried to reconcile faith and reason
2. a Christian rite
4. an annual direct tax, usually on land or property, that provided a regular source of income for the French monarchy
7. an unbeliever; a term applied to the Muslims during the Crusades
8. bones or other objects connected with saints; considered to be worthy of worship by the faithful