Exam 3 People Flashcards
Clovis
United frank’s tribes started Merovingian Union
First to accept catholicism & Roman Catholic authority
First king of franks (Merovingian dynasty)
Charles Martel
Master of the Palace
Defended france from Muslims
Became prime minister
Pepin the Short
Crowned by Pope
Began the Carolingian Dynasty
Son of Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Pepin’s son
50 wars to be king
Knights/Chivalry
1st Holy Roman Emperor
King Arthur
Celtic King, Christian, Ruled from camelot
round table - get support of local lords
Hugh Capet
Quantification, measurements, numbers, statistics
Elected king of france in 1000
Capetian Dynasty named after him
Otto the great
2nd HRE
Henry IV
Asserted right to name bishops (lay investiture)
excommunicated by Pope Gregory I
Edward the Confessor
last Anglo-Saxon King, no heirs
William the Conqueror
built castles, doomsday book,
sons william, richard, henry
Thomas Becket
Good friends with Henry II
Made archbishop of Canterbury by Henry II
Took call seriously
Genghis Khan
Leader of the Mongol empire
larger and longer empire than Alexander
Controlled all of asia for 100 years