Chapter 19

Question 0

Hugh Capet

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minor noble who lords of France elected as king

Question 1

Otto of Saxony

Answer 1

local authority who established himself as king in Northern Germany. Campaigned east of the Elbe river & twice in Italy. Pope John XII proclaimed Otto emperor

Question 2

William of Normandy

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Invaded England, then ruled by descendants of the Angles, Saxons, and other Germanic people who migrated there

Question 3

Hanseatic League

Answer 3

association of trading sites stretching from Novgorod to London, including all significant trading center of Poland, Northern Germany, & Scandinavia

Question 4

guild

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regulated the production & sale of goods within their jurisdictions. Came to control much of the urban economy in medieval Europe

Question 5

St. Thomas Aquinas

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spent most of his career teaching at the university of Paris. Thought that scholastic theology represented the harmonization of Aristotle with Christianity

Question 6

Virgin Mary

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Most popular saint, mother of Jesus. Personified the Christian ideal of womanhood, love, and sympathy. Europeans dedicated many churches/cathedrals to her.

Question 7

Dominicans/St. Dominic

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Most prominent person who encouraged spiritual over materialistic values. Founded orders of beggars called Dominicans

Question 8

Franciscans/St. Francis

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Most prominent person who encouraged spiritual over materialistic values. Founded orders of beggars called Franciscans

Question 9

Waldensians

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Despised the Roman Cathokic clergy as immortal & corrupt; advocated modest & simple lives. Criticized the church’s biblical teachings

Question 10

Leif Ericsson

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Eric the Red’s son who led another exploratory South & West of Greenland (arriving at Newfoundland in Canada)

Question 11

reconquista

Answer 11

the reconquest of Spain. Began in the 1600s; by 1150 they had recaptured Lisbon & established authority over half of the peninsula.

Question 12

crusades

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refers to a holy war. More commonly known as the huge expositions that Roman Cathokic Christians mounted in order to capture Palestine.

Question 13

Granada

Answer 13

Kingdom in the far south of the peninsula. Only area that remained Muslim after new round of Christian campaigns (until 1492, which ended the reconquista.)

Question 14

Pope Urban II

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launched the crusades in 1095