Fall Break Test Chapter 10 Flashcards
Describe a manor
Self sufficient farming estate and primary center for agricultural production
Describe the investiture controversy
One major controversy in the church concerned the question of who should appoint bishops and abbots
What did the Rus city of Kiev developed as?
A trade center on the Dnieper River
What did the eastern Roman Empire become and what power did it have?
Byzantine empire
Religious and political power
What religions did the Schism split?
Orthodox and the Catholic Church
What was some reasons the Byzantine empire declined?
Territorial loss
Urban centers declined
What did Byzantine missionaries spread and where?
Faith and Cyrillic alphabet to Eastern Europe
In the west did roman lifestyles replace German ones?
No German replaced roman
What empire split their empire into 3 realms?
Carolingians
What did society focus more on than the cities?
Manors
Why did nobles/rulers grant land to certain people and what were those certain people called?
In return for military power
Vassals
Describe Christianity
Focused on pope
Had conflict with Holy Roman Empire
What was the end result of the archbishop Thomas à Becket and Henry of England fighting?
Becker dying
Where was a monastic reform center?
Cluny
Was life in monasteries a religious constant?
Yes
What did mo stares provide?
Charitable service and preserved learning
Describe Kieran Russia
Trade!!!!
No manorial system
Lords ruled from cities
Who established political dominance over the Slavic people?
Varangian traders
Where were the centers for Russian principalities?
Kiev and Novgorod
Who made orthodox Christianity the main religion Kievan Russia? Did it grow slowly or fast?
Vladimir 1
Slowly
What influenced Kievan cities?
Byzantine empire
Describe Western Europe after 1000
Population rose
City expanded in size and commercial activity
What’s some new technology in Western Europe in 1000s?
Horse collar
Better plow
Started using horses instead of oxens
What places took the lead as leading trading centers?
Northern Italy
Flanders
What reappeared?
Gold coinage
Why did the Crusades start?
Truce of God
What did the Crusades want?
Christians to stop fighting each other
Where did crusades capture 1st and what did they establish?
Jerusalem
4 principalities
What provoked additional crusades?
Muslim counterattacks
What did crusades capture 2nd?
Constantinople
What did Eleanor of Aquataine promote?
Culture of courtly love
What conquered Sicily which was controlled by the Muslims?
Norman who attacked for 3 decades
What happened while the Byzantine empire flourished after the fall of Rome?
The Western Europeans lived among the ruins of an empire
The Byzantine rulers set prices, controlled grain shipment to the cities, and monopolized trade in luxury goods. What happened with this?
It may have slowed technological development and economic innovation
What was a Byzantine achievement in art and architecture?
The Hagia Sophia cathedral
What did the battle fought at tours insure?
That the Muslims would not encroach farther into Europe
As the Muslims extended their control across Africa and the Middle East what did Western Europe do?
Came to rely on meager local resources
Which of the following is true of the medieval times?
1-In many respects the lord of the manor had more direct control than a king did
2-the lack of written law made all justice arbitrary
3-no woman could own land
4-the church administered local law and parish priests sat as judges
1
By the 10th century what happened with the office of the pope?
Became more powerful and was at least freed from control of the roman nobles
When did Kievan Russia become firmly oriented toward the Byzantine world and turned away from the Muslim world?
Vladimir 1 converted to Christianity
What happened as Western Europe began to experience a revival in the period from 1000-1200?
The Byzantine empire and Russia didn’t share in the same revival
What happened as two different centers of Christianity developed differing theological viewpoints?
Rome wrote religious books in Latin while the Byzantine wrote them in Greek
