Medival Europe And The Byzantines Flashcards
Following the breakdown of the Roman Empire, what did Western Europe enter?
A period of chaos known as the middle ages or the medieval period
What are the first 500 years of the medieval period known as
The early middle ages
What was the early middle ages known as?
The dark ages
what are the years 1000 to 1450 called
The high middle ages
Why were the high middle ages important
In this later. European learning and trade began to flourish once again.
What philosophy did Peter Abelard study?
Philosophy and the logic of Aristotle
Who was Peter Abelard?
A monk and a theologian
Where did the franks establish an early capital?
Paris
Who was the first Roman Catholic ruler of the franks and what did he do?
King Clovis and he became the first monarch to unite all the Francis tribes
How was government under king Clovis
It was unstable
Who is Charles Martel and what did he do?
A military leader of the franks who led them to defeat the Muslims at the battle of tours
What did the defeat of the Muslims at the battle of Tours do?
Stop the expansion of Muslim forces into northern Europe
Who founded the Carolingian dynasty
Charles Martel
Who is Pepin and how did he get power?
He was the son of Charles Martin and got the pope to declare his right to the throne, which increases legitimacy over rivals
After Pepin, who was named emperor of the Frankish kingdom
Charlemagne
What did Charlemagne do
Defeated the Saxons and converted them to Christianity, encourage church based education, and use regional administrators to help govern his empire
What were similarities between the Carolingian dynasty and the tang dynasty?
Used religion to legitimize their rule, placed a high value on education, and attempted to control the nobles through regional administrators
Over some differences between the tang dynasty and the Carolingian dynasty
The caroling dynasty split into two, which led to intensification of feudalism and local power. The tang dynasty was under a strong central government and the period of great prosperity.
What is papacy
The office or authority of the pope
What were Scandinavian Vikings also known as?
Norsemen
What were long ships?
Ships that allow sailors to travel far inland on rivers as well as conduct coastal raids on seas
What religion did Magyars assimilate into?
Christianity
What are fiefs
When kings paid Nobles with land
What were landowners called?
Lords
