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Humanities Test Flashcards

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Feudalism

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Agreement between a noble/lord and his knight; knight would get a small amount of land if he worked for his lord

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Vassal

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A knight/knights that worked for a lord

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Serf

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A servant/peasant that is never allowed to leave the nobles/lord’s land

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Manor

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A piece of land owned by a noble/lord that had peasants, knights, and servants living on it with the lord/noble’s house being the biggest.

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Clovis

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Ruler of Rome while it transitioned into a European dynasty

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Charlemagne

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Brilliant warrior and strong king who led the Franks in building a large empire

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Emperor Henry IV

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Roman emperor who was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII

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Pope Gregory VII

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Pope who built very big churches and turned them into a fighting force/army

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Francis of Assisi

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Man who created a new order of Christianity

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Excommunicate

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To be thrown out by your church for doing something bad

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Peter the Hermit

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Person who led the People’s crusade to Jerusalem

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Pope Urban II

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Pope who convinced people to join the fighting force by telling them that God would forgive them of their sins and they would go to heaven if they died.

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Thomas Aquinas

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Man who brought rational thinking into the bible/church

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Antisemitism

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Hate of Jewish people

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Emperor Alexios

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Emperor who led the first crusade (and lost)

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People’s Crusade

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A force of civilians who fought and stole their way to Jerusalem (killed a lot of Christians)

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First Crusade

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First crusade that ever happened; European peasants went ahead and were demolished by the Turkish armies, but later on the knights caught up and took over Jerusalem. Within 50 years, the muslims started taking back the land.

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Second Crusade

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French and German Kings; poor planning and lots of losses caused them to get destroyed and they returned to Europe in less than a year

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Saladin

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Main opponent in the third crusade; leader of the Muslim forces

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Richard the Lion-Hearted

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Only king who stayed with the third crusaders

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Third Crusade

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Began after the Muslims took back Jerusalem; the French king left and the German king died

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Fourth Crusade

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French knights arrived in Venice but they didn’t have enough money to sail over; ended up sacking a city for enough money to sail over

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Reconquista

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Christian efforts to re-claim Spain from the Moors

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Inquisition

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An organization of priests that looked for and punished anyone for secretly practicing their own religion

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The Great Schism

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The separation of multiple churches

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Orthodox Christianity

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Christians who believe that Chrstain faith cannot be seperated from the church

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Plague

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A deadly disease originally spread by rats from Asia

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Hundred Years War

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A war between England and France over land and who would rule it

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Chivalry

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Qualities desired in a “brave” knight

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Joan of Ark

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Teenage girl who led the French troops to war; was eventually killed, but the French won anyway

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William the Conqueror

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French Noble who brought the idea of Feudalism to Britain; led the Hundred Years War

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Gunpowder Weapons

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Weapons developed over the Hundred Years War using gunpowder from China

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Magna Carta

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A list that King John was forced to sign; gave more power to nobles

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King John

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Youngest of Henry II’s sons

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Common Law

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A system where people used similar crimes as examples as how they should punish a person who made a crime

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Independent Judiciary

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A system where judges were free to make decisions based off of fact and law

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Parliament

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A council of nobles that advised the king

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Habeas Corpus

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A writ requiring someone to be brought before a judge before they were automatically thrown into jail

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Representative Government

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Government who makes decisions based off of the votes of the country

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