Late Roman Empire, Early Middle Ages, Early France Flashcards
1
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Fall of the Roman Empire
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476 AD
2
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Dates of Middle Ages
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500 AD- 1500 AD
3
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Dates of Early Middle Ages
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500-1000 AD
4
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Dates of High Middle Ages
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1000-1300 AD
5
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Dates of Late Middle Ages
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1300-1500 AD
6
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Parisian Dynasties (chronological)
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Merovingians, Carolingians
7
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French Kings (chronological)
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Clovis, Charles Martel, Pepin III Charlemagne, Louis the Pious
8
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Battle of Tours
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- 732 AD
- Defeated Moors (Muslims)
- Signif. because Europe would be Muslim if they were not defeated
9
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Date of Charlemagne becoming “Holy Roman Emperor”
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800 AD
10
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Treaty of Verdun
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- 843 AD
- by Louis the German, Lothair, and Charles the Bald
- starts feudalism
11
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feudalism
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society based on Christianity, Germanic tribes, and Rome
political, everyone brings something to the table
12
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Why did Rome turn to manorialism?
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- sieges drove citizens to the independent villas in the country
- “I work for you, you shelter me”
- cities are abandoned
13
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manorialism
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urban to rural
14
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Three emerging kingdoms
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Byzantine Empire, Islamic Empire, Western Europe
15
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Germanic Tribes
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- Chased from homeland by Huns
- Angles & Saxons, Franks
