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main person in battle of tours

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charles”the hammer” martel

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date of battle of tours

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732 ad

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who was defeated in battle of tours

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the muslims

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why is battle of tours a turning point

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christianity=main religion

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moors

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muslims

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witan

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kings council for important matter

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Danelaw

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Part of England where Danes resided

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danegeld

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Tax Danes had to pay

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Feudalism definition

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The social, economic, and political system of the Middle Ages based on protection and land in exchange for goods and services. The person providing the protection and land was the lord, and the person rendering the goods and services was the vassal.

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facts of Charlemagne

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Value of education and of Christianity

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facts of Charlemagne

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Crowning as the Holy Roman Emperor

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facts of Charlemagne

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pope leo III crowned charlamegne

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facts of Charlemagne

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800 ad Charlamagne crowned

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holy roman empire name

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succerers believed roman and holy

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What did each man, Charlemagne and Pope Leo III, believe about his power in Western Europe?

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believed chosen by god and successor of roman empire

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Why was the feudal system tremendously important in medieval times?

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social rankings and steady political power

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lord

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person giving land and protection to vassals

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vassals

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people giving services to lord

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fief

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estate of land in feudalism

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bailiff

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served lord and collected rent

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serf

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peasant or slave

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nobility

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: king, dukes, knights, counts, etc…

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commoners

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peasants bailiffs, craftsmen, serfs …

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clergy

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Pope, archbishop, bishop, parish priest

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medieval manor

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Manor house
3 large fields
Common pasture
Fallow
Manor
Houses
CHURCH

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head tax

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taxed certain amount for every individual

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inheritance tax

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tax for inheriting estate

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villain to acquire freedom

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escape for year and a day

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motte and bailey castle

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keep at top
bailey below
motte surrounds

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concentric castle

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arrow loops
murder holes
portcullis
big walls
big center
multiple wall layers

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gothic architecture

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pointy
external buttresses
vertical

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romanesque architecture

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round arches
thick walls

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Christendom

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area of europe united under christianity

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Cathedral and Cathedra

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cathedral=bishops church
cathedra=bishops chair

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relic

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belonged to saint

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Canon Law

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Law of church

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hierarchy

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Pope; Archbishop; Bishop; Parish Priest

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diocese

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district of witch bishop controls

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tithe

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Church tax - 1/10 of everyone’s produce

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monasteries

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Self-Sufficient

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Infirmarian

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takes care of ill monks or nuns

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copyist

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copies text mostly religious such as bible

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illuminist

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draws religious pictures in text

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friar

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religious man who took vow of poverty

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pilgrime

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person who travels to sacred place for religious reasons

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Fall of the Roman Empire

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476AD

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Dark Ages

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600AD - 800AD

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Middle Ages

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800AD - 1450AD

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King Alfred the Great (King of Wessex)

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849AD - 900AD

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The Second Barbarian Wave (Vikings)

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800AD - 1000AD

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Battle of Hastings

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1066AD

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The Crusades

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1100AD - 1300AD

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The Black Death arrives in Europe area

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1347AD

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Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration

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1450AD - 1650AD

55
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Beowulf Themes

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Heroism and Loyalty

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is beowulf a epic

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long
heroic
passed down
has morrals

57
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What is the role of “wyrd” (fate) in the text?

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Everything happens for a reason
No way of changing
Beowulf meant to win
Meant to help
Wiglaf meant to stay
Beowulf meant to die
Reason beowulf dies

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How do we see fear represented in the text?

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to afraid to fight
things breaking

59
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What symbolic images are used in the poem and what does each represent?

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heorot=holy, achievement, special, and grand
dragons treasure=greed
grendell arm and head=victory/achievement

60
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what does Grendel represent

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Jealousy
Jealous of happiness
Took over heorot
Jealous of heorot
Jealous of their happiness
Despair
Danes lost hope
Thought would never get heorot back
Beowulf saves
Grendel = despair to the Danes

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what does Grendel’s mom represent

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Revenge
Revenges son
Challenges Beowulf
Tries to revenge son
Beowulf killed son
Want to revenge him

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what does the dragon represent

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Greed
Awakened after small thing was stolen
Had tons of treasure/gold
rich
Got mad after stollen from
Terrorizes village
Revenge
Terrorizes village for revenge
Got stolen from

63
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Why is Wiglaf and what does he represent?

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Perfect companion and bravery
Always stuck by Beowulf
Stayed when things got hard
Never backed down
Helped Beowulf
Only person who stayed with him

64
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Why is Beowulf so highly revered?

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hero
helped danes
warrior
saved them

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