Chapter 9 Flashcards
Carolingian Renaissance
Revival of learning and culture
a physical trial based on the idea of divine intervention
ordeal
St. Benedict’s community established
monasticism
Important gift from lord to vassal
Land
King who invaded England in Battle of Hastings
William of Normandy
Year of battle of Hastings
1066
King who invaded England during the Battle of Hastings
William of Normandy
Document that said a monarch’s power was limited, not absolute
Magna Carta
document that said a monarch’s power was limited, not absolute
Magna Carta
During the fourth crusade, Venetian leaders neutralized the — Empire and moved their army to —
Byzantine
Constantinople
Two men sent to local districts to enforce kings orders
missi dominici
Justinian’s codification of roman law
Body of Civil Law
He pushed for the crusades by asking for aid
Emperor Alexius I
Battle that stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
Battle of Tours in 732
Man who strengthened papacy
Gregory I
money paid by criminal to victim’s family
wergild
Killed by four knights
Thomas Becket
People from west Asia who settled in Hungary
Magyars
Grant of land made to vassal
Fief
heart of feudalism
vassalage
first census since Roman times
Domesday book
He codified roman law, resulting in the Body of Civil Law
Justinian
English king who expanded king’s power and started common law and trial by jury
Henry II
Germanic way of determining guilt
Ordeal
Founded a community of monks that became a model for monsaticism
Benedict
Norsemen of Scandinavia
Vikings
he created the Carolingian empire by expanding Frankish Empire
Charlemagne
Man who served a lord in a military capacity
Vassal
Heavily armored Calvary soldier
Knight
Written recognition of the rights and obligations between kings and vassals
Manga Carta
Won Battle of Hastings
William of Normandy
Led Muslims during third crusade
Saladin
Initiated fourth crusade
Pope Innocent III
occupied Spain and Italy before the Ostrogoths
Visigoths
Germanic tribe that controlled Italy after the Visigoths
Ostrogoths
members of the Germanic tribes from Denmark and Germany
Anglo-Saxons
strong military leader, first Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity
Clovis
Church levels (7)
- God
- pope
- archbishop
- bishop
- priest/abbot/abbess
- monks and nuns
- ordinary people
8 services provided by Church
- cared for poor
- copied books
- lodging for travelers
- sick and elderly in hospitals
- sacrament
- education
- music
- holidays
he defeated the Muslims at Battle of Tours in 732; saved northern Europe for Christianity
Charles Martel
writing room used by monks to copy books
scriptoria
people sent out to carry a religious message
missionaries
“messengers of the lord”
missi dominici
Charlemagne’s changes to the Church
- promoted learning
- made religious services uniform
- conquered people and converted them to Catholicism
- forced clergy (priests) to be educated
crowned by pope Italy’s Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas 800 AD
Charlemagne
first man to rule Frankish empire with pope’s blessing
Pepin
social, political, economic system in which goods/services were traded for protection from a lord
feudalism
a man who served his lord as a military soldier
vassal
relationship between lord and his vassals
feudal contract
a grant of land given to a vassal by a lord
fief
she married French King Louis VII; then Duke Henry of Normandy –> 8 kids
Eleanor of Aquitaine
a law that was common throughout the kingdom
common law
king who was forced to sign the Magna Carta
King John
three estates of France
1 - clergy
2 - nobles
3 - peasants and townspeople
leader of Holy Roman Empire who wanted to conquer northern Italy; angered pope, lost war
Frederick
Eastern Roman Emperor who simplified law and was head of Eastern Orthodox Church
Emperor Justinian
head of the Eastern Orthodox Church
patriarch
split in the Church
schism
areas of dispute that led to the Schism
- language: Roman = Latin; Eastern = Greek
- Roman liked art; Eastern preferred icons of leaders
founded Islam and captured in Jerusalem, born in Mecca
Mohammad
holy war
crusade
Latin for “cross”
crux
why go on a crusade?
- religious conviction
- use fighting skills
- glory and wealth
- salvation
year when Turkish muslims conquered Jerusalem and mistreated Christians
1071
1st Crusade
Christians recaptured Jerusalem
2nd Crusade
Christians lost to Saladin
3rd Crusade
“Crusade of Kings;” Germans gave Christians access to Jerusalem
4th Crusade
greed replaced religious zeal; Constantinople “sacked” (destroyed)
5 things Europe gained during crusades
cotton, figs, plums, apricots, melons, geometry, Arabic numbers
who called the first crusade? why?
Pope Urban, because he wanted to end feudal warfare between Christians, to rescue Jerusalem, to increase power of Catholicism