topic 1

• sustenance


  nourishment. the poem in the textbook suggests that the priests do not provide the laity with enough spiritual support
• laity


  those who were not members of the clergy
• abbots


  heads of the monastic houses who provided spiritual and earthly leadership
• bishops


  regional leaders of the church who provided earthly and spiritual leadership
• chancellor


  senior politician responsible for law and order in England. Appointed by the monarch
• legatus a latere


  responsibility granted by the pope enabling the person nominated to act on behalf of the pope
• excommunicate


  the kick out a person for the church
• archdiocese


  England was divided by two provinces: Canterbury and York
• liturgy


  the form of services held in the church
• creed 


  statement of the beliefs of the church concerning the nature of Christ
• tithe


  a tenth of a persons income paid to the church
• the holding of beliefs which is established doctrine of the church of Rome
• chantry


  an endowment for the singing of masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him
• cardinal wolsey


  chancellor, legatus a latere, archbishop of York, cardinal