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The Medieval World - Part 1 Flashcards

1
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The Middle Ages/Medieval Period (Date)

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A.D. 500 - 1500

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Divisions of the Medieval Ages

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Early, High, and Late Middle Ages

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Charles Martel Defeats the Muslims (Date)

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A.D. 732

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Where Charles Martel Defeated the Muslims

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Tours

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Ended the Northern Expansion of the Muslims [into Europe]

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Charles Martel

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Charlemagne crowned emperor (Date)

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December 25, 800

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The era of the Crusades

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A.D. 1095 - 1291

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Crowned Charlemagne

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Pope Leo III

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Fourth Lateran Council affirms Transubstantiation

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A.D. 1215

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What marked the end of Muslim northern expansion

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Charles Martel’s defeat of Muslim forces at Tours

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Christendom

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Church and state fused together

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Curia

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Became the “College of the Cardinals”

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Created to select a pope

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The College of the Cardinals[/Curia]

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Primogeniture

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The right of an eldest son to succeed to the estate of his father at the exclusion of all his siblings

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Simony

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The buying and selling of spiritual or church benefits

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Franks

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Germanic peoples with a kingdom located in modern France and Germany

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17
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Served as Mayor of the Palace

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Charles Martel

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“The Hammer”

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Charles Martel

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19
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Gave the pope territory in central Italy

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Pepin the Great

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The name for the papal territory in central Italy

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The Papal States

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True or False: Charlemagne’s empire established his rule over much of the former Roman Empire in Europe

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True

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City where Charlemagne was crowned

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Rome

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Attached the notion of church-state cooperation to Europe, handing down the tradition of “Christendom”

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Charlemagne

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The name of the cultural rebirth precipitated by Charlemagne

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Carolingian Rennaissance

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Groups to invade/attack Europe from the 8th to the 11th Centuries

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Vikings, Muslims, and Magyars

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Another name for Vikings

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Norsemen

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27
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Location of Scandinavia

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Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

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28
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Home of the Vikings

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Scandinavia

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29
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True or False: The Vikings terrorized coastal European peoples and visited North America

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True

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30
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Group to terrorize Europe in the early 900s until they were halted by Otto I

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Magyars

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Halted the Magyar conquests

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Otto I

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True or False: After defeat by Otto I, the Magyars refused to integrate themselves into mainstream European culture

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False

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Knight

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Term describing any nobleman who took up arms

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The two systems which emerged in the Middle Ages providing law-order and economic livelihood at the local level

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Feudalism and manorialism

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True or False: Under feudalism and manorialism, localism dominated

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Describe feudalistic structure

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  1. A lord grantied land to a vassal
  2. A vassal was in charge of the fief he received
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Fief

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A land grant to a vassal

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True or False: Feudalism was not a political relationship

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What kind of relationship was manorialism

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An economic relationship

40
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In which system did serfs live on the lord’s manor

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Manorialism

41
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Central location of the Holy Roman Empire

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The German States and Northern Italy

42
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Holy Roman Emperor to emerge as the strongest power in Europe [in the 10th century]

43
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Duke of Normandy to become the King of England

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William the Conqueror

44
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The Battle William the Conqueror fought [defeating Harold II]

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The Battle of Hastings

45
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Was William the Conqueror a Holy Roman Emperor?

46
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Did William the Conqueror renounce his rule of Normandy when he conquered England?

47
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Cluniac Reform

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A movement countering decline beginning at the monastery of Cluny in East France

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The Investiture Struggle

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[A.D. 1075-1077 and beyond]; investiture was the claim of kings/rulers to appoint bishops and abbots; the pope viewed it as symbolising lay authority over the church

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True or False: The concepts of Simony and Primogeniture have no relation to investiture and the Investiture struggle

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The “Combatants” (power conflict) in the Investiture struggle

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Poor Gregory VII vs. the German king Henry IV

51
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Who pressured Henry IV into submitting to the pope

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The nobles, through rebellion

52
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Where Henry IV submitted, surrendered, to the pope

53
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Result of the Investiture Struggle

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Prestige gain for the pope and [power] loss for the king

54
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Convened the Council of Clermont

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Pope Urban II

55
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Purpose of the Council of Clermont

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Pope Urban II called Christendom to unite to protect the Holy Sepulchre from further Muslim attack

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True or False: Crusaders [from the Council of Clermont] were motivated by the desire to earn their salvation

57
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The Crusade [the only militarily successful crusade] which destroyed villages and committed anti-Semitic atrocities

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The First Crusade [specifically the Peasants’ Crusade]

58
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The Crusade which took Jerusalem and massacred the inhabitants

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The First Crusade [specifically, the Crusade of Princes]

59
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The Crusade undertaken after Saladin took over Jerusalem

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Third Crusade

60
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Muslim leader that took over Jerusalem

61
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Crusade which attacked Constantinople

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Fourth Crusade

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Results of the Crusades

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  1. Promoted the rise of towns and trade
  2. Increased conflict between Eastern and Western churches
63
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Indulgence

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It can be partial or plenary as it removes either part or all of the temporary punishment due to sin

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Excommunication

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The cutting off of an individual from the church and its sacraments

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Interdict

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Closed churches in a geographical area and forbade celebrating mass and other sacraments

66
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Purpose of the interdict

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It was designed to cause such a uproar from the masses, who would fear for their salvation, that the ruler would have to submit [to the pope]

67
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The Inquisition

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An ecclesiastical court for the persecution of heresy

68
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Latin term for “brother” used as a monastic title

69
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School of monks that helped develop aspects of the present system of Roman Catholic theology

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Dominicans

70
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Franciscans

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School of monks founded by Francis of Assisi that conducted missionary work in the New World

71
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California Missions

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The Franciscan missionary work in the new world

72
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The most powerful pope; claimed authority to rule the whole world

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Pope Innocent III

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King John

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English king that collected dues illegally; the barons (nobles) revolted and forced him to sign the Magna Carta

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The Magna Carta

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The charter with the implied idea that the law is above the king

75
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Unam Sanctum

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Papal bull that asserted there is no salvation outside of the RCC

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Merchant guilds

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Designed to regulate commerce

77
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Craft guilds

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Regulated professions

78
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Commercial and professional developments in medieval life

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Merchant and craft guilds

79
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Scholasticism

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The name given to a theology that developed in “schools”

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The aim of scholastics

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To demonstrate through deductive logic what they knew to be true by faith

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The greatest of the scholastics

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Thomas Aquinas

82
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Was Aquinas a Franciscan or Dominican

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