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middle ages

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the period after the fall of Rome from 467 CE - 1400 CE

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dark ages (time period)

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467 CE- 800 CE

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high middle ages

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1100- 1400

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later middle ages

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800 CE- 1100 CE

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what were conditions like after the fall of rome?

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-level of learning dropped because the germanic groups that invaded weren’t literate
-disruption and warfare were everywhere
-people weren’t as unified as they once were

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what does substience farming mean?

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-to farm to get what you need to survive/ eat

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how did people get what they needed to survie after the fall of rome?

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-they had to make it themselves
-or they had to steal it

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why did the barbarian tribes stream in to the once roman empire?

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-the empire had fallen
-they already were attacking their
-it was easy to conquer because it was weak
-there was no full govt/ strong system

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franks

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-a germanic people that held power in gaul
-leader was clovis

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clovis

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-leader of the franks
-unified them in 511
-brought christianity to gaul
-when he died the franks territory was expanded to all of france

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monasteries

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-religious communities
-built by christians
-places where monks lived
-became some of the most educated communities
-they devoted their lives to God

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why would people go to monasteries?

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-it was a safe place for travelers to stay
-it provided medicene
-they were also libraries/ had educated people

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why would people live near monasteries?

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becauase they could offer protection if someone was going to attack that area

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st. benedict

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wrote a book of guidelines/ rules for monasteries in 520

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what is an illuminated manuscript?

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-a book with painting/ decorated cover
-monasterires had them

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pope gregory I

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-he became pope in 590
-he got the papacy involved in worldly power

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secular

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not religious

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charles martel

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-leader of the franks in 700
-extended their territory north, south, and east
-won battle of tours

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battle of tours

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-in 732 charles martel defeated muslim raiders from spain
-if the muslims would have won then western europe could have been part of the muslim empire

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charlemagne

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-built greatest empire since rome
-fought muslims and germanic people
-conquered new lands in the south and east
-helped spread christianity
-pope leo III crowned him emperor of the holy roman empire

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what three groups invaded europe after charlemagne’s death?

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-magyars
-vikings
-muslims

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what were three ways charlemagne helped bring stability?

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-expanded the empire
-strengthened government by limiting authority of nobles
-encouraged/spread religion

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magyar

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-struck from east to west
-invaders who would take people as slaves to sell

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vikings

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-scandanavian warriors
-raided
-used longboats

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longboats
-boats that the vikings used -were technologically advanced for their time -helped them successfully raid
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what caused europe to go into a system of single protection?
invaders
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what is another word for single protection?
feudalism
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lord
-vassal of the king -granted land for loyalty in war
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fief
a piece of land a lord would give to a knight
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manor
-the lord's estate -had a manor house -peasant housing -common pastures -fields -bakehouse -mill -church
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knight
warrior granted land/payment to fight for lord
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serf
-another term for peasant -not legally allowed to leave manor -worked land/ did other chores -recieved protection in return
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tithe
10% church tax
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who was alfred the great and why was he great?
-he was an anglo-saxon king -he defended against the vikings
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chivalry
-code knights followed -three values: -defend lord -defend God -defend lady
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what were the steps in becoming a knight?
-page (young boy) -squire (servant to knight) -knight
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tournaments
-places where knights could practice their battle skills without going into battle -were ccompetitions
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troubadors
-traveling poet-musicians -sang songs about love, famous people, and sorrow
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clergy
-all religious officials -ex. priests, bishops, pope, cardinals
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sacraments
-religious ceremonies -7 -helped you reach salvation
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canon law
-the law that the church made -over everyone (even kings)
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showdown at canossa
-pope gregory IV banned lay invesiture -this made henry IV mad -he rebelled -he was excommunicated -he was eventually forgiven after he begged at canossa
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fredrick I
first person to call his empire the Holy Roman Empire -angered the pope and italian merchants
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simony
-selling positions in the church -mostly done by bishops
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gothic
-new style of architechture that came about -tall ceilings -flying buttresses -pointed arches -stained glass windows
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Pope Urban II
-pope that started the crusades or holy wars -wanted to take back holy land
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crusade
-holy war -fought by christians to gain control of the holy land -started by pope urban II
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who invaded england in 1066?
willliam of normandy/ the conqueror
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saladin
-muslim leader -fought against richard the lion hearted in the third crusade -captured jerusalme in 1187 -eventually came to a truce with richard
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richard the lionhearted
-english king -fought in the third crusade -eventaully agreed to a truce with saladin in 1192 -died and his brother john became king (he was bad)
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reconquista
-the spanish effort to drive out all muslims from their land -accomplished in 1492
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inquisition
-a court used by king ferdinadn and queen isabella to increase their power -tried ot suppress heresy -used torture to get people to confess -tried to get everyone to convert to christianity
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three field system
-farmers could grow crops on 2/3 of their land each year
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guild
-an organization of people that did the same buisness -ensured quality of work -wanted to improve economic and social conditions for members
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commercial revolution
-the expansion of trade and buisness in towns
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vernacular
-the normal language of a country
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burgher
-the mayor or leader of a town
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thomas aquinas
-a scholar from the mid- 1200s -believed that basic religous truths could be proved throug logic -was part of the scholastics
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scholastics
-religious movement of education
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william the conqueror
-invaded england in 1066 -became king of england
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henry II
-william the conquerors descendant -held land in normgandy and england -king of england -married eleanor of aquitane to gain land in france
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common law
-the law that the was formed by the rulings of englands royal judges
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magna carta
-the great charter -signed by king john after forced by nobles -gave them basic political rights
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parliament
-legislative group -limited the power of the king
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phillip II
-one of the most powerful capetians -tripled the lands under his control
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hugh capet
-an unistinguished duke from the middle of france -chosen to succeed louis the sluggard because he had no heirs -first of the capetian dynasty
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estates general
-france was divided into different estates -first estate was the churhc leaders -second estate was the great lords -third estate was the commoners, wealthy landownders, and merchants
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avingon
-the city where the pope lived for 69 years after Clement V moved there from rome
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great schism
-a split in the church -there was a french pope and a italian pope -each claimed each other to be false
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john wycliffe
-preached the jesus was the true head of the chruch -the pope was not
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jan hus
-a professor in bohemia -taught that the authority of th ebible was higher than the pope's -excommunicated, seized by the church, tried as a heretic, burned at the stake
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bubonic plauge
-epidemic in the 1300s that wiped out about a third of the population in europe -also his asia and north africa -called the black death or black plauge
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hundred years war
-fight over the french throne -fight between england and france -lasted from 1337 to 1453 -french eventually won
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joan of arc
-french peasant girl -had "visions from God" -felt compelled to rescue france form ite english conquerors -tried ot help charles VIII be king
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what did henry II do to help england?
-strengthened royal courts by sending judges to every part of england at least once a year -expanded territory
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who was eleanor of aquitane?
-most famous woman -marrie henry II
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who was more powerful: kings or popes? why?
-popes -if kings didn't do what they wanted they could excommunicate or ban them from practicing sacraments int heir lands
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what are four characterisitcs of romanesque?
-rounded arches -thick walls -little windows -stone
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who was thomas becket and why is he considered a martyr?
-clergyman -archbishop of canterbury -opposed king henry II's plan to put the church under his authority -was killed by herny's knights
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what kind of games were played in a tournament?
-jousting -sword fighting
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high middle ages
1100- 1400
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was the first crusade a success? why?
yes, they gained control of the holy land
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what are three results of the crusades?
-muslims and chrsitians came to live together -trade -truce
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what is a dauphin?
eldest son of the king of France
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how did the black plauge destroy the social system?
-people didn't know whether to stay and take care of them or go and save themselves

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