Terms

Question 1

Hermit

Answer 1

Devoted religious ascetic

Question 2

Apostles

Answer 2

12 Original followers of Jesus

Question 3

Arianism

Answer 3

Sect of Christianity believing son is separate from God

Question 4

Cenobitic monasticism

Answer 4

Monks who believed in helping the poor

Question 5

Bishop

Answer 5

Local administrator, built cathedrals, ruled over diocese

Question 6

Martyrdom

Answer 6

Devout Christians who died because of religious persecutions. Prepared to die for religion

Question 7

Mithraism

Answer 7

Eastern cult of Mithras, monotheist, brought into empire by soldiers

Question 8

Metropolitan

Answer 8

Bigger territory than diocese, provincial power

Question 9

Ascetics

Answer 9

Single individuals who withdrew from society

Question 10

Lavra

Answer 10

Gatherings of hermits in caves for Eucharist

Question 11

Patriarch

Answer 11

Highest Religious leader of Byzantine, appointed by emperor

Question 12

Nika riots

Answer 12

Chariot riots between greens and blues in 531 in Constantinople

Question 13

Plague of Justinian

Answer 13

• first instance of Bubonic Plague
• 541-542
• debated economy

Question 14

Great Schism

Answer 14

The official excommunicate between western and eastern churches in 1053.

Question 15

Iconoclasm

Answer 15

The outlaw of religious icons in churches between 730 and 843

Question 16

Primo Geniture

Answer 16

Law of inheritance in which eldest son receives all of fathers rights and possessions

Question 17

Aachen(Aix-la-Chapel)

Answer 17

• Capital of Carolingian Empire

- first permanent capital of Europe

Question 18

Kings Peace

Answer 18

Manage economy during wartime

Question 19

Carolingian Renaissance

Answer 19

Culture from Byzantine brought into Carolingian by fleeing monks from iconoclasm

Question 20

Palace School

Answer 20

Churchmen, artists, and scholars.

Perks to members

Question 21

Trivium

Answer 21

First part of liberal arts. Grammar, rhetoric, and logic.

Question 22

Quadrivium

Answer 22

Second of liberal arts stage. Geometry, arithmetic, music and astronomy

Question 23

Hird

Answer 23

Basic military structure of Vikings

Question 24

Episcopate

Answer 24

Jurisdiction of a bishop

Question 25

3 factors of feudalism

Answer 25

1. Fragmentation of political power
2. Political power as private possession
3. Military as private armed cavalry

Question 26

Knight

Answer 26

Mounted warrior, services to lord for lands

Question 27

Landless Knights

Answer 27

Services for food and accommodations, tend to be younger

Question 28

Vassal

Answer 28

Obedience and service of free individual to lord

Question 29

Knights fee

Answer 29

Land that produces Knights.

Question 30

Fief

Answer 30

Land grant from lord to knight

Question 31

Precaria

Answer 31

Land holdings granted for terms of years, not hereditary

Question 32

Benefice

Answer 32

Favour, not restricted to land grants for military service. Fief- hereditary land

Question 33

Residential core

Answer 33

• arable farm, crop land
• meadowland for grazing
• pasture lands for public grazing use
• wasteland of no use
• swamp land for peat
• woodland for buildings
• forest for wild animals
• vineyards for wine

Question 34

Barons

Answer 34

Largest land holders of King

Question 35

Latifundia

Answer 35

Large Roman farms run by slaves

Question 36

Golden bull

Answer 36

Document giving Venice duty free trade for 100 years

Question 37

Tithe

Answer 37

Tenth of income to support church, “dime”

Question 38

Hagiography

Answer 38

Biography of saint