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Early/Later Middle Ages Flashcards

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Early Middle Ages (dates)

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500-1000ad

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Feudalism social order

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Church–lord and nobles–vassals and lesser lords–Knights–peasants

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Grants of land given by —– in exchange of loyalty from

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Land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty from the private armies of vassal and their knights protected lords and their land

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Peasants owed —

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Labor and obedience

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Middle Ages all owed obedience to —-

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The church

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Manor estates owned by —-

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Lords

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Peasant serfs given land to work on in exchange for—-

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Percentage of crop yield

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Free peasants worked as—-

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Skilled laborers

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Dues and deed charged for—–

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Tenancy, use of roads, bridges, etc

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Tenancy

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Possession of land as a tenant

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Middle Ages: leading lords emerged as —-

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Kings

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Middle Ages: political foundation for —–

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Nation states

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Nation state

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A nation state is a geographical area that can be identified as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign nation

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Dark Ages (dates)

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500-800ad

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Who became the dominant Greek tribe during the dark ages

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The Franks

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What broke out among the Merovingians

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Domestic feuds and civil wars

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Merovingians

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The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that ruled the Franks for nearly 300 years in a region known as Francia in Latin, beginning in the middle of the 5th century.

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561ad among the civil wars what changed in power dynamics

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Political power shifted away from monarchy

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Actions of Charles Martel

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Halted Muslim advances into Europe at the battle of tours (732)

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Matteo’s victory helped —–

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Preserve western civilization

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The Carolingians

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They replaced the franks as legitimate rulers

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Carolingians details and times

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The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Pepin the Short

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747-768 appointed by the pope as king

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Pepin the Short established—

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Papal States on former Byzantine land

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Charlemagne dates

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768-814

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Charlemagne details

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Crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by pope Leo in 800 ad and dominated the political structure of the early Middle Ages

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Charlemagne revived—-

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The concept of the Holy Roman Empire and established authority of secular rule

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Charlemagne’s empire included—–

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Most of the former Roman Empire and additional Germanic lands between the Rhine and Elbe rivers

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The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace——

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Palace academy with prescribed academic curriculum

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The Carolingian Renaissance details

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They Carolingian Renaissance, the first of three medieval renaissances, was a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire occurring from the late eighth century to the ninth century, taking inspiration from the Christian Roman Empire of the 4th century.

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Cause of chaotic political, economic, and urban decline stating in the early Middle Ages

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Collapse of roman and sweeping advanced of Germanic and Viking raiders

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The Treaty of Verdun

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Split Charlemagne’s empire among his three grandsons

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When did Carolingian rule end

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10th century

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Why did Carolingian rule end

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Decline in central authority and the invasion of the Scandinavian tribe

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The Viking (Norse) invaders pillaged where and when

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The coasts of Europe in the eight century

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The Danes were responsible for the major invasions of—-

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England

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Alfred the Great (dates)

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871-899ad

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Actions of Alfred the Great

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Established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions

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What did the Frankish system of inheritance due in terms of the nation

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Hastened the dissolution of the empire

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In France the Carolingian king —– (what happened to him)

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He was forehead to give up Normandy to the Vikings

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Society in the Middle Ages was based on—–

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The feudal system

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Under the feudal system, political authority was dominated by—

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The landed nobility

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Manorialism

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Agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism

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The rise of feudal monarchs in the later Middle Ages caused the development of —— in (location)

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Nation states in France

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Conflicts with the Pope about the extent of religious authority lead to—-

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Increase of authority in the monarch

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By the early —– century royal authority had expanded and (nation) became a world power

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Early 13th century (France)

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Hundred year ward dates

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1337-1453

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Hundred year war was between

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England and France

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Result of the hundred year war

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English being driven out of most of France

50
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The —- conquest had a profound impact on the development of culture and the jusciak system if England

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Norman conquest

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Battle of Hastings

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1066 (ended anglo Saxon rule in England

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By the — century, English common law was firmly established

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English common law

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Magna Carta

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(1215) limited the power of the kind (big deal)

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By the —– century the English parliament was firmly established

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14 century

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What composed English parliament

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House of Lords (titles nobility)

House of Commons (gentry and middle)

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The Requista (what and when)

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Re-established Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492

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Pope in Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages

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Dominant in religious matters and the monarch in secular matters

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A continuing power struggle evolved between whom during the late Middle Ages

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Papacy and secular rule

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Medieval civil society based on —- division

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Class division

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Who were the privileged class

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Clergy and nobility

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Who were the workforce classes

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Peasants and artisans.

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Who was tied to the land

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Surfs

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By the 20th century, the decline of —– and —- was evident

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Feudalism and manorialism

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Manorialism

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Manorialism was characterised by the vesting of legal and economic power in a Lord of the Manor, supported economically from his own direct landholding in a manor (sometimes called a fief), and from the obligatory contributions of a legally subject part of the peasant population under the jurisdiction of himself and his manorial court.

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The commercial revival lead to towns and a ——— emerged

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True middle class

66
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Economic activism in these towns were monitored by——

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Merchant and craft guilds

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Education in late mediaeval times stress

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Language arts: theology, Latin, philosophy, etc

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Late Middle Ages what type of architecture dominated

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Romanesque

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Middle Ages were a —— period between ———

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Transition period between ancient and modern Europe

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Magna Carta modern influence

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Constitutionalism, individual rights, due process of the law

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