After the Fall of the Roman Empire

Question 0

Angles and Saxons

Answer 0

• migrated from continental Europe to England

* attacked English settlements

Question 1

Magyars

Answer 1

• resettled from Central Asia to Hungary

* attacked and invaded W. Europe

Question 2

Vikings

Answer 2

• migrated from Scandinavia to Russia

* invaded large portions of Europe

Question 3

What did invasions do to economic and political order in Europe?

Answer 3

• trade disrupted/declined

* towns declined as people fled to rural areas (fuedalism)

Question 4

The Medieval Catholic Church

Answer 4

• monasteries in gothic style
• grows in power after end of Roman empire
• kept Europe unified

Question 5

Monasteries provided schools for the children of the upper class, why?

Answer 5

Eldest gained father’s land (primogeniture) and so usually children become knights or MONKS

Question 6

St. Benedict

Answer 6

A monk.

•created Benedictine Rule of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 7

What were monks/church scholars known for?

Answer 7

Located in the libraries of the monasteries, monks copied books and illuminated them.
•this preserved Greco-Roman knowledge

Question 8

The Church Hierarchy

Answer 8

Pope - top leader, headquartered in Rome
Bishops - usually nobles, in charge of large land areas, and supervised priests
Priests - local church officials
Friars - nomadic priests

Question 9

Facts about the Catholic Church

Answer 9

•controlled 1/3 of the land in W. Europe
• canon law - rules of the church
•tithe - 1/10 tax given to the church
•limited feudal warfare, only 40 days/year
Excommunication - removal from the church