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Emergence of Europe Flashcards

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Complete the sentence: As imperial authority vanished in the 5th century, ?

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a number of German kings set up new states

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Complete the sentence: By 500, the Western Roman Empire had been replaced politically by, ?

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a series of states ruled by German kings

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took different forms in the various Germanic kingdoms

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fusion of Romans and Germans

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managed to preserve the Roman tradition of government

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Kingdom of Ostrogoths in Italy

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established control over Italy

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Ostrogothic king Theodoric

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kept the entire structure of imperial Roman government, although he used separate rules for Romans and Ostrogoths

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Ostrogothic king Theodoric

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governed by their own customs and their own officials

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Ostrogoths

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inherited and continued to maintain much of the Roman structure of government in Spain

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Kingdom of Visigoths

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Fill in the blanks: The ——— and the native peoples began to fuse together over a period of time

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Visigoths

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Fill in the Blanks: Roman influence was weaker in ——

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Britain

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Germanic tribes from Denmark and northern Germany

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Angles and Saxons

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important component of the new European civilization

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Germanic peoples

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one of the most prominent German states on the European continent

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Kingdom of the Franks

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Complete the sentence: The establishment of a Frankish kingdom was, ?

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the work of Clovis

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member of the Merovingian dynasty who became a Catholic Christian around 500

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Clovis

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sect of Christianity, a group who believed that Jesus had been human and thus not truly God

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Arian

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regarded the Arians as heretics

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Roman Catholic Church

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people who believed in teachings different from the official church doctrine

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heretics

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his conversion to Catholic christianity gained him the support of the Roman Catholic Church

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Clovis

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had established a powerful new Frankish kingdom stretching from the Pyrenees in the west to German lands in the east

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Clovis

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Complete the sentence: After Clovis’ death, ?

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his sons divided his newly created kingdom, as was the Frankish custom

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3 major areas of the once-united Frankish kingdom

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Neustria (northern Gaul)
Austrasia (both sides of Rhine)
Burgundy

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T or F: Males were dominant and made all the important decisions

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T

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T or F: A woman obeyed her father until she married and then fell under the legal domination of her husband

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T

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T or F: Women’s legal status reflected the material conditions of their lives

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T

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T or F: Most women had life expectancies of only 30-40 years

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T

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T or F: For most women, life consisted of domestic labor

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T

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T or F: Germanic Law was universal.

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F personal

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T or F: A crime such as murder was considered an offense against society or the state

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T

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T or F: Feuds could involve savage acts of revenge, such as hacking off hands or feet or gouging out eyes

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T

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An alternative system (for feuds) arose that made use of a fine. What is it?

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wergeld

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paid by the wrongdoer to the family of the person injured or killed

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wergeld

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literally means “man money”, was the value of a person in monetary terms

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wergeld

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means of determining guilt or innocence provided by Germanic law

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the ordeal

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based on the idea of divine intervention: divine forces

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the ordeal

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predominant religion of the Roman empire

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Christianity

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played an increasingly important role in the growth of the new European civilization

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Christian church

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developed a system of government by the 4th century

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Christian church

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Fill in the blanks: The Christian community in each city was headed by a ——

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bishop

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a bishop’s area of jurisdiction

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bishopric or diocese

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Fill in the blanks: The bishoprics of each Roman province were joined together under the direction of an ———-

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archbishop

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The bishops of 4 great cities held positions of special power in church affairs. What are the four great cities?

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Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch

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primary instrument of conversion of the early church

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monastic movement

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Fill in the blanks: The bishop of —- claimed he was the sole leader of the Western Christian Church

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Rome

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the dominant form based on living together in a community

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Monasticism

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Latin, comes from monachus meaning “one who lives alone”

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monk

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lives a life separated from the world and cut off from human society

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monk

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Fill in he blanks: Monks’ heart of community practice was ——

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prayer (proper work of God)

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established the basic form of the monastic life in the Western Roman Church

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Saint Benedict

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Fill in the blanks: Each benedictine monastery is ruled by an —–

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abbot

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“Father of the Monastery”

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abbot

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female versions of monks

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nuns

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monastery for nuns

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convent

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head of convent

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abbess

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founded the Monastery of Whitby in 657

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Saint Hilda

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T or F: Many abbesses came from aristocratic families

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T

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Fill in the blanks: Physical work was required for monks because “——– was the enemy of the soul”

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idleness

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Fill in the blanks: Monks were expected to fulfill their VOW OF ——- in the ———

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poverty, monastery

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assumed the kingship of the Frankish state for himself

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Pepin

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Also called charlemagne (from the Latin Carolus Magnus)

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Charles the Great

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Son of Pepin

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Charles the Great

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Greatly expanded the territory he inherited and created the Carolingian Empire

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Charles the Great

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Used COUNTS as the king’s chief representatives in local areas

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Charles the Great

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“messengers of the lord king”

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missi dominici

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men sent out to local districts to ensure that the COUNTS were doing their jobs

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missi dominici

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Fill in the blanks: Charlemagne acquired the title “——- of the Romans”

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emperor

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Fill in the blanks: Charlemagne’s ———- as the Roman emperor showed the concept of an enduring Roman empire

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coronation

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Fill in the blanks: His coronation symbolized the —— of Germanic, Roman and Christian ——–

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fusion, elements

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Fill in the blanks: The ———– Empire began to disintegrate after Charlemagne’s death

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Carolingian

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Carolingian Empire was divided between Charlemagne’s three grandsons. What were the divisions?

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Western Frankish lands
Eastern lands (Germany)
the "Middle Kingdom"
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Fill in the blanks: The —— kingdom became a source of struggle between the other two Frankish rulers

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middle

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Between the 9th and 10th century invasions, people attacked the southern coasts of France. Who were they?

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muslims

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People settled in the plains of Hungary but came from western Asia. They were crushed at the Battle of Lechfeld. They were being converted to Christianity. Who were they?

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Magyars

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Savage and terrifying warriors who loved adventure and searched for booty and new avenues of trade may have spurred them to invade other areas of Europe

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Vikings

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a territory that came to be known as Normandy

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Seine

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By mid-9th century, they had begun to build winter settlements in different areas of Europe. Who were they?

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Norsemen

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