Chapter 4 Flashcards
Middles ages were also called the
Medieval period
the middle ages was between the end of _______ and beginning of _________
classical age
modern world
Conversion to Christianity- Clovis receives support of the__________
Christian Church
Gaul- area today occupied by __________
France
“Mayor of the palace”
chief of the royal household
chief of the royal household was originally called
chief of household
chief of the royal household is ultimately the
real ruler
Charles Martel is know as
Charles the Hammer
Charles Martel became
Mayor of the palace
Battle of Tours was when?
732 A.D.
Battle of Tours was a war between ________ and _______ ; won by __________
moors and franks
Franks
significance of the battle of tours
halted Muslim advance into Europe
Pepin the short was son of
Charles Martel
Pepin started the
Carolingian Dynasty
Donation of Pepin
an area of land around Rome that Pepin donated to the Pope
Charlemagne was the son of
Pepin
Charlemagne was known as
charles the great
Charlemagne was greatest of all the
Frankish Kings
Charlemagne’s dates of reign
768-814
16 years
New Rome is centered where
France and Germany
Buffer zone
a kind of frontier
“Emperor of the Romans”-crowned by
Pope Leo III
Charlemagne’s government; “Missi Dominici”
The lord’s messengers;
appointed officials who helped Charlemagne run empire
Aix- La-Chappelle
Charlemagne’s capital; North
Louis the Pious
well educated, religious; weak and shortsighted ruler
Treaty of Verdun (843)
divided the empire among Louis’s grandsons
Lothair, Charles the bald, and Louis the German
2 reasons for decline of the Franks
successors fought among themselves;
did not overcome enemies
vikings
norsemen
germanic people