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