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Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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Identify the location on the map.

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Denmark

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2
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Identify the location on the map.

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Chester

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3
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Identify the location on the map.

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London

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4
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Find Denmark.

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Find Chester.

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Find London.

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Saxon king in western England; conquered Danes and established border between Danish and Saxon rule in England

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Alfred the Great

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8
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West Saxon king; killed in battle with the Danes

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Ethelred

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9
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succeeded by Alfred

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Ethelred

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10
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“You, King Alfred, were teh wondering minstrel?”

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Guthrum

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11
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“I will give you your liberty if you will become a Christian and never again make war on my people.”

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Alfred

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12
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sheep skin treated to use as a writing medium

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parchment

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13
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itinerant poet-singer of the Middle Ages

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minstrel

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14
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Date of Alfred the Great’s first English naval victory

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875

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15
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How did Alfred become king?

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Alfred became king after his older brother Ethelred was killed fighting the Danes.

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16
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Why did he build a navy?

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As more and more Danes were coming over from Denmark, Alfred built a navy to be able to fight them in their own element and defeat them or disrupt them before they could land.

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17
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875 AD

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Alfred the Great: first English naval victory

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18
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Identify the location on the map.

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Norway

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19
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Identify the location on the map.

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Paris

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20
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Identify the location on the map.

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Rouen

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21
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Identify the location on the map.

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Seine River

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22
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Find Norway.

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23
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Find Paris

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24
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Find Rouen

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25
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Find the Seine River.

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34
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raided Britain and northern Europe for over two centuries

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Norsemen

35
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Icelander; established short-lived colony in Labrador

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Leif the Lucky (Leif Eriksson)

36
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led raiding parties up the Seine

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Rollo

37
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established what became the duchy of Normandy

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Rollo

38
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king of France; made peace with Rollo and granted him and his people the Normandy territory

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Charles the Simple

39
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“Let us make ourselves homes here, and I and my Vikings will become your vassals.”

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Rollo

40
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“Never will I bend my knee before any man and no man’s foot will I kiss.”

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Rollo

41
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demonstration of allegiance to a feudal lord

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homage

42
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agricultural peasant; member of the lowest feudal class

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serf

43
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subject of a feudal lord

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vassal

44
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What territory in France did Rollo acquire, and what was required of him in return?

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Rollo’s grant was the territory now called Normandy. Rollo was obliged to hold and show allegience to the king, and to provide troops for the king’s army in times of war.

45
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first king to rule England as a united kingdom

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Egbert the Saxon

46
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Identify the location on the map.

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Britain

47
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Identify the location on the map.

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Wales

48
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Identify the location on the map.

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Ireland

49
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Identify the location on the map.

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Wessex

50
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Identify the location on the map.

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the North Sea

51
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Identify the location on the map.

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(English) Channel

52
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Find Britain.

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53
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Find Wales.

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54
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Find Ireland.

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55
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Find Wessex.

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56
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Find the North Sea

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57
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Find the (English) Channel.

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58
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chiefs of the Jutes; early Germanic settlers in England

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Hengist and Horsa

59
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legendary and partly mythical Briton king

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King Arthur

60
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resisted Anglo-Saxon invasions

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King Arthur

61
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missionary who spread Christianity in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions

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St. Patrick

62
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“Oh, they would be angels instead of Angels if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels.”

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the monk Gregory

63
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solving dispute; making peace of friendship

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conciliation

64
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How did Egbert end up at the court of Charlemagne?

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Egbert claimed the kingship of Wessex, but the people supported another man. Egbert fled to Charlemagne.

65
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How did this experience influence him and affect English history?

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Egbert was impressed by and learned from the many innovations of Charlemagne. He returned to England and established there, the sytem of Charlemagne. He persuaded or forced the petty kings to recognize his rule as the first king of a unified England.

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