Chapter 19 Vocab Flashcards
Battle of Manzikert
A battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks
High Middle Ages
The time period in Europe spanning from the 1000s to the 1300s
Otto 1
The founder of the HRE
Holy Roman Empire
a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe existing from 962 to 1806.
Investiture Contest
A contest between the popes and the emperors for control of the clergy
Pope Gregory the 8
The pope who excommunicated the emperor and in turn was excommunicated
Emperor Henry the 4
The emperor who excommunicated the pope and in turn was excommunicated
Frederick 1 Barbarossa
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope
Hugh Capet
King of the Franks
William duke of Normandy/ William the conquerer
The king of Normandy who later conquered England
Papal States
States ruled by the pope
Kingdom of Naples
The kingdom that encompassed the southern part of Italy
Castile, Aragon, Portugal
The three kingdoms that encompassed Spain and Portugal
Granada
A medieval kingdom along the Mediterranean
Hanseatic League
A trading league across the northern part of Europe and Scandinavia
Those who pray
People who were monks or nuns
Those who fight
Knights
Those who work
Peasants and merchants
Chivalry
The social, moral code respected by knights
Troubadours
A group of entertainers
Eleanor of Aquitaine
A Patron of troubadours
Guilds
Groups divided into certain fields/subjects
Cathedral Schools
Schools that started off as educational guilds that were located in cathedrals
Universities
Guilds that often got a merit or permit to teach in cities
St. Thomas Aquinas
A medieval scholar
Popular religion
Invoked saints to protect you and be your mediator and pilgrimages
St. Dominic and St. Francis
The creators of friars made the church steer towards less materialistic views
Eric the Red
The founder of Iceland and Greenland
Leif Ericsson
The founder of Canada
Reconquista
To reconquer
1st crusade
The first war sent to the holy land to try to take it under Christian control
4th crusade
The crusade that ended up taking over and ruining Constantinople
