Unit 7 Nots: Middle Ages & Reformation Flashcards
Dioceses
An area under the pastoral care of a bishop
Pope
The main bishop and head of the Roman Catholic Church
Ambrose of Milan
Separated who’s in charge
states in charge of laws
Church in charge of church matters
(church stays out of political matters)
Arian Beliefs
Christ was a created and individual being. not actually God
Nestorius Beliefs
Believed in the joined Godhead
Nestorians Bible
Used late 4th century latin translation because only they spoke latin,
Nicene Creed
Statement of beliefs written in 325 AD to settle disagreements.
only creed affirmed by Roman Catholic Church
St. Jerome’s Vulgate
in 382 AD Jerome translated the Vulgate for Pope Damasus I
he revised the Vetus Latina Gospels used by the Roman Catholic Church
Vulgate
A latin version of the Bible
St. Augustine
Proposed the ideas:
a “City of God” (prosperous and holy city on earth)
the idea of Heaven
Roman Catholic Church gains power in Western Europe
Focus on Cultural preservation
started welfare
Welfare
Alms given
the way the church made money
Pope Gregory I
540-604
Believes in “kingdom of God”
Secular/political power given to the Pope:
Excommunication
Lay investiture
the king has the right to appoint religious figures
Eastern Orthodox Church
In Constantinople
Contrast with Catholicism:
Marriage - more open to different marriages
Greek - understood greek/original bible
Iconoclast Controversy
Emperor Leo III lead the Orthodox Church and proclaimed Iconoclasm.
believed that God was infinite and divine so he cannot be in any pictures or defined as a person
Great Schism
600 AD
east and west split over beliefs. Eastern monasteries were worshiping idols, western Romans don’t like that.
Vikings
Terrorize England
Some would come fight for plunder, some would invade and live there.
Canute 1016 AD
King Canute conquers England
Alfred the Great
held off the Vikings for a bit.
People thought he was the answer to the Viking prayers
Anglo Saxons
King Canute Combined the Anglos and Saxons Combined Vikings into society as well
Edward the confessor
Successor to King Canute.
Died without heir.
Causes civil war over who should be the new King.
William the Conqueror
takes over after Edward because they’re cousins. Duke of Normandy.
Descendant of Vikings.
Harold Godwinson
Claims throne at the same time as William
They cause civil war.
Harold dies and William declares England his.
Magyar
a member of a people who originated in the Urals and migrated westward to settle in what is now Hungary in the 9th century AD.
Feudalism
kings had control over territory,
no set country borders
Mutual Obligation (Feudalism)
Everyone gets something out of ruling
Lord (Feudalism)
Kings put Lords in charge of a small portion of territory
Vassal (Feudalism)
People the Lords give land to
they run the land and the Lords get part of the profit
Fief/Fiefdom (Feudalism)
Land or things given by Lords so you can help others in return (small states/territories)