Chapter 13 Flashcards
Merovingian Kings and Majors of the Palace
-History and description
- Successor of Clovis
- “Long Haired Kings”
- Ruled for over 275 kings
Merovingian Kings and Majors of the Palace
-Major Domo
- By 700 AD, Merovingian kings had almost no power
- Real power was the Major Domo or mayor of the palace (had the power of the king, king didn’t have to work, if Domo screwed up, king in trouble)
Merovingian Kings and Majors of the Palace
-Charles Martel
- “The hammer”
- Major domo that acted as king by extending the empire and passing the title to his son, Pepin the short: dynasty
Who was Pepin the Short
- Wanted to be king-> asks pope with a letter and it is a powerful argument because Pepin used his army to save him and Rome
- Pope crowns Pepin as king-> end of old Dynasty. Gods blessing on new dynasty-> started alliance between Pope and king
Charlemagne extended Frankish power
-Personality
- Son of Pepin
- Able ruler
- cunning and modest
- Giant (6’ 4”- added to power and ambiance)
- rules for 46 years
- -mustache, athletic, hunting, ride horses, swim
- Functionality over fashion
Charlemagne extended Frankish power
-the Conqueror
- Every spring he led his armies in war
- met at Aachen, the royal capital, and then spent the summer fighting to expand and secure the empire
- successful in war
- Doubled empire
- conquers in name of Christianity, convert or die because they rose to power because of Christianity
Charlemagne strengthened his rule
-Royal officials (counts and missi dominici)
- Each count ruled a county to make it more efficent
- Counts were very popular
- Missi dominici: sent to make sure counties were being governed fairly- they reported back to him -> spies.
- Charlemagne also visited parts of his empire: shows he cares and keeps the counts on thier toes
Charlemagne strengthened his rule
-Royal estates
- Made sure to manage his lands
- Land= power and wealth-> trade had stopped
- Land provides what you need to survive
Charlemagne strengthened his rule
-Revived learning
- Made his capital a center for learning-> recruited scholors in music, poetry, etc
- Started a palace school
- encouraged monestaries
Pope made Charlmagne emperor
-December 25, 800 AD
- Because Charlemagne saved the Pope and pope crowned his as Holy Roman Emperor
- Charlemagne now a Christianity head like Justantine, an extension of Pope- now must obey Pope
Pope made Charlmagne emperor
Charlemagne’s hiers
-3 sons divide up empire
Vikings attack
- They had better and stronger ships so very quick attack and you can’t do anything about it and they can sail up rivers to go inland
- Vikings raided the valueable things in the church
- Vikings are not Christians, they looked different, had beserkers who fought crazily
- Very aggressive attack
What happened at lindisfarne island in 793 AD
Vikings attacked and signaled the start of Viking age
Where were the Vikings from
Scandinavia
What were the Vikings ships like
Very fast, the float in shallow water so able to go upstream and right Usher, large prow
Who was Leif Ericson and what did he accomplish
Viking explorer that reached North America before Columbus
Why did the Viking age and around 1,000
Vikings accepted Christianity and stopped raiding monestaries, warming in Europe climate made farming easier in Scandinavia so Scandinavians didn’t see the point in going to see as much
What was the effect of Viking raids, coupled with Magyars and others on Europe:
Development of feudalism, widespread disorder and suffering, europeans lived in constant Danger, kings were unable to defend well so people didn’t look too central ruler for security and many turned to a local ruler
What is feudalism
A political and economic system based on land holding and protecting alliances, in Europe. Based Off of the land you have,
Why did feudalism develop and what was the emphasis on the system:
Land gave you everything you need to survive and the emphasis was land owning
What agreement did feudalism depend on:
The agreement between a Lord and a vassal
What is a Lorde:
Person that granted land called a fief in exchange for military protections and other services
What is a vassal what did vassal swear to do:
Person receiving a fief, powerful landowners
What is investiture:
Is ceremony between a vassal and a lord when they receive a fief - swearing loyalty: Was that the vessel is in charge and sworn loyalty
What is a fief
Land