glossary Flashcards
What is propaganda?
The use of media to influence opinion.
What are court intellectuals?
Educated people Alfred brings to court.
What does vernacular mean?
Language spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
What is a dynastic crisis?
Feud over who becomes King.
What is a client king?
Someone manipulated into governing.
What is a relic?
Remaining of body parts.
What is migration?
Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
What is material culture?
The physical evidence of a culture in the objects and architecture they make, or have made.
What is a charter?
Documents specifying the granting of land or privileges to certain individuals.
What is primogeniture?
Right of the first born son to automatically inherit.
What is witangamot?
Assembly of ealdormen who get together to confirm a King.
What does secular mean?
Non-religious.
What is harrying?
Continuously raiding.
What does Carolingian mean?
Relating to the Frankish dynasty that ruled in Western Europe from 750 to 987
Who is Cenwald?
Bishop of Worcester from 928/9 from Mercia and served as a lead translator/scholar in Aethelstan’s court
What does Books of Confraternity mean?
Books placed in important monasteries for pilgrims to sign to show they respected the brotherhood of Christianity and were part of a Christian world
What does diversify mean?
Make or become more diverse or varied
What does shipfyrd mean?
A naval force or militaria, naval fleet, navy that is recruited separately from normal fyrd
What is a Hundred?
A subdivision of a county or a shire, having it’s own court
What does igniminious mean?
Who does it come from and when?
Disgraceful
Frank Stenton 1943
What is a Thrall?
Temporary slave, with some rights
What is a jarl?
Viking equivalent of ealdormen
What is regionism?
Being loyal to a specific area
What does ecclesiastical mean?
Religious matters
What is the difference between a blood and dynastic feud?
Dynastic-feud over succession
Blood- honour based feud (crimes against families)
What is a Pacificus?
Peacemaker
What is a pestilence?
Plague/sickness
What is shipsoke?
Reformed name for shipfyrd=naval force
What is a matyr?
Person killed because of their religious beliefs
