Terms and Names

Question 1

Justinian

Answer 1

a high-ranking Byzantine noblemen who succeeded his uncle to the throne of the Eastern Empire

Question 2

Justinian Code

Answer 2

the panel created a single uniform code consisting of four works and it decided legal questions that regulated whole areas of Byzantine life (marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, women’s rights, and criminal justice were some of those areas)

Question 3

Hagia Sophia

Answer 3

a church meaning “Holy wisdom” in Greek

Question 4

Patriarch

Answer 4

leading bishop of the East

Question 5

Icons

Answer 5

religious images used by Eastern Christians to aid their devotions - Emperor Leo III banned them; religious pictures set up in a church or home, or carried on a journey as a help to devotions

Question 6

Excommunication

Answer 6

declaring someone to be an outcast from the Church; official act that bars a person from church membership and from taking part in any church ceremonies

Question 7

Cyrillic alphabet

Answer 7

slave languages (including Russian) are written to now what is called Cyrillic alphabet

Question 8

iconoclastic controversy

Answer 8

argument between the supporters and the opponents of icons

Question 9

iconoclast

Answer 9

Byzantine who believed that the presence of icons constituted idol worship