Middle Ages Flashcards
What is another name for abbess?
Convent
They managed to preserve the Roman tradition of government (in Italy)
Ostrogoths
Where was Roman influence weaker?
Britain
This Ostrogothic king kept the entire structure of imperial Roman government except that he used separate systems of rules for Romans and Ostrogoths
Theodoric
They are Germanic tribes from Denmark and northern Germany who carved out small kingdoms throughout the island such as Kent
Angles and Saxons
A number of them set up new states when the imperial authority vanished
German kings
What dynasty was Clovis from?
Merovingian dynasty
True or false.
Ostrogoths were governed by their own customs and their own officials
True
One of the prominent German states on the European continent was what?
Kingdom of the Franks or Frankish kingdom
The establishment of the Frankish kingdom was the work of who?
Clovis
A sect of Christianity who believed that Jesus had been human but not truly God
Arian
The Christian church in Rome regarded the Arians as what?
Heretics
They inherited and continued to maintain much of the Roman structure of government (in Spain)
Visigoths
What Latin word was “pope” derived from? What does it mean?
Papa; father
What are the three major areas of the divided Frankish kingdom?
Neustria (northern Gaul); Austrasia; former kingdom of Burgundy
After Clovis’ death who divided his newly created kingdom?
His sons
The ordeal was based on what intervention?
Divine intervention
It is the revenge on the family of the wrongdoer by the family of the injured party
Blood feud
He was considered as the chief apostle and first bishop of Rome
Peter
They are the dominant ones and made all the important decisions in the family
Males
Most women had life expectancies of what?
30 or 40 years
What does abbot mean?
“Father” of the monastery
How many percent of women died in their childbearing years?
15%
It is the value of a person in monetary terms
Wergeld or man money
They are people who believed in teaching different from the official church doctrine
Heretics
What was the empire that he had inherited and created known as?
Carolingian Empire
What does wergeld mean?
Man money
They believed that ______________ would not allow an innocent person to be harmed
Divine forces
The Christian community in each city was headed by whom?
Bishop
Subsequent bishops of Rome were considered Peter’s successors and came to be know as what?
Popes
What are the four great cities that has the bishop who held positions of special power in church affairs?
Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch
It is a fine paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person killed or injured
Wergeld
The bishop of ______ claimed that he was the sole leader of the western Christian church
Rome
According to Christian traditions, Jesus had given the keys to the kingdom of heaven to whom?
Peter
In what century were the popes successful in converting pagan peoples of Germanic Europe?
Sixth century
What does missi dominici mean?
Messengers of the lord king
A man who sought to live a life divorced from the world is called what?
Monk
What is the Latin for Charles the Great?
Carolus Magnus
In 800, what was the title that Charlemagne acquire?
Emperor of the Romans
He established the basic form of monastic life in the western Christian church
Saint Benedict
What was the enemy of the soul for monks?
Idleness
How many times do monks gather in a day?
7
Each Benedictine monastery was strictly ruled by whom?
Abbot
The bishoprics of each Roman province were joined together under the direction of whom?
Archbishop
What Latin word was “monk” derived from? What does it mean?
Monachus; one who lives alone
Men : Monks :: Women : ________
Nuns
They are the head of a monastery for nuns
Abbesses
He is a mayor who took the logical step of assuming the kingship of the Frankish state for himself and his family
Pepin
After Pepin’s death who was next to throne?
Charles the Great or Charlemagne (his son)
True or false
Charles the great was unable to read and write himself
True
Who established the missi dominici?
Charles the Great
What were the biographers of Charlemagne regard him as?
Father of Europe
An establishment wherein two men who were sent out to local districts to ensure that the counts were executing the king’s wishes
Missi dominici
The area of jurisdiction of the bishop is known as what?
Bishopric or diocese
They are people who were an important component of the new European civilization
Germanic peoples
