Middle Ages Flashcards
Huns
Asiatic conquers who ravaged Europe
Goths
Earliest tribe of Germanic settlers in the Roman empire
Eucharist
Christian ceremony commemorating the last supper
Quiring
Singing in concert
Despotic
Ruling with absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way
Iconoclast
A destroyer of religious images
writ
The Bible a document with most authority
Caliph
Chief Muslim civil and religious ruler
Avarice
Extreme greed
Dowery
Property or money brought by a spouse to their marriage
Alfred the great
Resisted Danes and saved the Anglo-Saxon kingdom
William of Normandy
Invaded England and became king as William the first
Charles Martel
Frankish king who defeated the moors
Islam
Religion established by Mohammed
Constantinople
Capital of the eastern empire
Saint Patrick
Christian missionary to Ireland
Justinian
Eastern emperor codified laws for the empire
Constantine
Roman emperor who made Christianity the religion of the empire.
Charlemagne
King of the Franks and first holy Roman Emperor
Norsemen
People from Scandinavian country called Vikings or Danes
What happened in 529
The Benedictine church was founded
What happened in 800
Charlemagne was crowned
What happened in 330
Constantinople was the eastern capital
What happened in 410
The sack of Rome occurred
What happened in 476
The fall of Rome
What things showed Gregory the Great to be a Great ruler
Gregory was a Christian he prayed for health and prosperity. 
What were some of the advances made by Muslims
They were to honor their parents give alms to the poor neither make nor worship images and drink no wine.
What two things did the church inherit from the Roman empire
Government, unity
