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How did the Roman Catholic Church influence Western Europe?

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  1. As Roman Empire fell, the church grew in influence
  2. Monks served the needs of the people
  3. Missionaries spread Christianity and Latin alphabet to Germanic tribes
  4. Parish priests served religious and social needs of people
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What dates are in the early Middle Ages?

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500-1500 CE

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What were the roots of the foundations in the Middle Ages?

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  1. Classical heritage of Rome
  2. Christian beliefs
  3. Customs of Germanic tribes
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What was the function of monasteries in medieval Europe?

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Served religious and social needs

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What are the religious needs monks in monasteries served?

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Baptisms
Confessions
Sacraments(communion)
Last rites

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What were the social needs monks served?

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Weddings and marriages 
Educated people (crops)
Educated young boys 
Grew herbs for medicinal purposes
Used churches as hospitals 
Inns for travelers
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What blended with the heritage of Romanians Christian beliefs to form the foundations of early medieval society?

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Germanic traditions

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After the fall of the Roman empire what institution grew in importance and power and held the most influence over the lives of the people of medieval Europe?

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The Roman Catholic Church and the monasteries thereof

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Why did feudal society develop in Western Europe?

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In response to the Germanic invaders

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What were the characteristics of most manors during the early Middle Ages?

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Self sufficient
Rigid class structure
Reciprocal relationship
(Economic)

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What was the peasant called it was bound to work on a manner called but I would obligations and allegiance?

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A serf

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What was the name of the economic small state in which people lived and worked in the middle ages?

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A manor

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What was the land given to a vassal in exchange for loyalty during the middle ages known as?

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A fief

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What if a vassal?

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Someone under the king who is granted land, of noble birth

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What was the title of the head of the Roman Catholic Church?

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The pope

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What peoples invited both western Europe and Russia by boat?

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The Vikings

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Where did the Vikings come from?

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Scandinavia: Denmark Sweden Norway Finland

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What is the significance of the battle of tours?

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It stopped the spread of Islam into Western Europe.

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What year was the battle of tours fought?

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732

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What help to make Vikings attacks more effective in what area did they originate from?

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They can travel along shallow waterways in their longboats and make it far inland by that method of transportation.
They originated from Scandinavia

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What invaders from the Central Asian steps eventually settled in the modern country of Hungary?

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The Magyars.

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Origin and destination of Magyars

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Origin: Central Asia
Destination: Hungary

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Angles and the Saxons were invaders to eventually moved from continental Europe to this Island

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England ( and Scotland)

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Slater revived much of the Roman traditions after the pope crowned him emperor in 800 CE

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Holy roman emperor Charlemagne

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When was Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor, and by whom?

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Charlemagne was crowned in 800 CE by Pope Leo the third

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Clovis, Charles Martel and Charlemagne were all from this group

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franks

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What are consequences of the collapse of the Roman Empire?

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Disruption of Trade: merchants can’t trade because of invasions
Downfall of Cities: people abandon cities
Population Shifts: populations becomes mostly rural

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This monk established guidelines for how monks should conduct themselves

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Saint Benedict

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Clovis

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Founder of the Frankish state, Congers most of France and Belgium, converts territories to western Catholic Christianity

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Who is Pope Gregory

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Why didn’t the golf between East and West churches. Converts England to Christianity, challenged by vikings

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Pepin of heristal

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Father of Charles Martel. Merovingian dynasty. Unite Frankish territories, succeeded by son who forms alliance with the church

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Charles Martel

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Wins battle of tors and 730 to see against Umayyad Muslims.

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Leo the isaurian

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Defeats the Arab forces and reconquers most of Asia minor 717 Ce

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Venerable Bede

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A Benedict time scholar, writes a history book the history of the English church and people, best historical writing of medieval theory

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Charlemagne

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Son of Pepin the short, in the Carolinian dynasty.
Empire: Central Europe, northern Italy, Central Italy , and Frankish land
Brought about Carolingian Renaissance

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What is the Carolinian renaissance?

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ReBirth of Greco-Roman culture by Charlemagne

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Alcuin of York

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Director of Carolinian renaissance, he set up schools and copied text and helped bring about the restoration of Greco-Roman culture

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Alfred the great

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England, sets up a government and education system allowing for unification of area, codified English law, Army, education etc.

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What are the three things Charlemagne just did to revive Greco-Roman culture?

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Build churches, the roads, and schools for everyone

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Define nationalism

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The rise of Nation states

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What is primogeniture?

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When the firstborn son inherits

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What are the romance languages?

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French
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian

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What religion were the Moore’s and where were they located? Where they defeated by Charlemagne?

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Moors were in Africa, they were Islamic. They were defeated by Charles Martel in the battle of tours in 732

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What are the social classes of feudal society in order?

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Kings,
nobles/ church, 
Knights, 
free peasants, 
serfs (tied to land)
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Feudalism is a (n)____________ (political, economic, or religious) system

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Social (manorialism is economic)

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How much time was expected of nights and foot soldiers for military service?

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40 days of mounted combat each year for Knights

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Who served religious and social needs of the people for the church? Give examples

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Monks in monasteries and parish priests
Social:
Marriages, taught people how to grow crops, educated young boys, turned churches into hospitals, grew herbs for medicinal purposes, opened in a for travelers
Religious: 
Sacrament(communion) 
Baptisms
Last rites 
Confession
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Define secular

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Worldly; not religious

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Where were Roman culture, language, and learning preserved?

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In monasteries (by monks)

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Who sang romantic love songs to entertain the nobles?

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Troubadours

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What did the code of chivalry expect of the knight?

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Required the night to be brave, loyal, trustworthy, to fight fairly and to be generous to one’s enemies. It required they treat captured nights well and release for ransom and to protect and cherish women. He I just loyalty to his liege and the lady of the manor

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What is the treaty of Verdun?

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Made by charlemange’s 3 sons, divided the Carolingian empire into 3 parts

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