GK24 2 Flashcards
What were the three great kingdoms in 14th and 15th century Iberian peninsula?
Castile, Aragon, and Portugal
Who is this character in Mad Max?
Immortan Joe
Origin of the word Cluniac to describe monks
Cluny
Where did pasta come from?
Marco Polo brought it from China
What year was the Pullman Strike?
1894
What were the followers of John Wycliffe called?
Lollards
What is a scriptorium?
A room set aside in a monastery where manuscripts were copied
How did feudalism arise naturally from the Germanic (Gothic) gefolge and Roman Patrocinium?
These were both basically systems whereby bands of fighters attached themselves to German chieftains (the gefolge) or Roman aristocrats (patrocinium) for protection etc
When was Leo the Great elected to bishop of Rome (pope)?
440 AD
Who possesses Alia Atreides in Children of Dune?
The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
When was the reign of Henry II?
1154-1189 - first of the Angevin kings
When did the Ostrogothic king, Theodoric die?
526 AD and shortly after that Justinian would retake Italy to the Byzantine Empire
What causes Paul Atreides blindness in Dune Messiah?
A stoneburner (atomic weapon)
Who was the first Tudor king?
Henry VII 1485
What is the Catholic church Petrine Doctrine?
That the successors of Peter should rule the church (ie the pope)
What is the Curia?
Papal court of the Vatican
What is the main hill in Rome called?
The Capitoline Hill
Who translated the Bible into vernacular—the Vulgate Bible?
St. Jerome
Name of the pictorial account of the Norman Conquest
The Bayeux Tapestry
In what century did English parliament start sitting in separate houses (lords and commons)?
14th—1300s
The first great defeat of the Romans by the Germans (barbarians) was at what battle?
Adrianople 378 AD
In Dune what is the term for the rigid set of rules of class distinction enforced by the imperium?
The faufreluches
West Francia and East Francia would become known as ____
France and Germany
What are the Padishah Emperors troops called in Dune?
Sardaukar