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World history 7/8 Flashcards

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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Crusades

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A series of wars in which the European Christians tried to win control of the holy land form Muslims

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Manga Carta

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The Great Charter approved by King John of England

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Knights

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Men trained from boyhood to ride horseback, fight and care for weapons

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Feudalism

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The vows are a part of a new political and legal system

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Troubadours

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Wandering musicians who often sang about knights and ladies

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Reconquista

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Christian kingdoms in Spain begin a struggle in a reconquest

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Serfs

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Most peasants on manors who were bound to the land

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Inquisition

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Launching a brutal campaign against Muslims and Jews

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Decline in Western Europe

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Political unrest divided the area rural and cut off from large advanced civilizations

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Waves of invaders

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Slows trade,large cities emptied, classical learning ceased

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Medieval culture

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Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions blended together to form a new civilazation

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Germanic Kingdoms

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Conquered Western Roman Empire

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What did the people in the Germanic Kingdom turn to?

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Farming and herding

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What 4 things happen during the Germanic kingdom?

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No large cities or written laws
Small communities governed by local couscous
Kings were elected
Warriors were loyal to weapons and plunder

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What is the most organized and successful German Kingdom?

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The Franks

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What are the four Germanic kingdoms?

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Goths
Vandals
Saxons
Franks

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King Clovis

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Conquered all of Gaul, preserved many Roman coustoms, converted to Christianity, allied himself with the pope

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Charles Martel

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Military leader of the Franks, leads Franks over Muslims

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Charlemagne

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Charles Martel’s grandson, built empire through France/Germany/Italy, ruled for 46 years mostly spent fighting

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What happened after Charlemagne’s death?

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Kingdom divided up between 3 grandsons

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Medieval Women

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Assumed role of “Lady of the Manor” while husband or father was away at war

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Agricultural revolution

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New technologies/farming processes, plows made out of iron, better land, new harnesses, use horses instead of oxen, created a population boom

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England

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Increased in royal power

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Domesday book

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Established effective taxation system

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Henry Il

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Expanded the justice system,common law

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King John

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Henry II’s son, abused his power, forced to sign a Magna Carta, due to a process of Habeas corpus

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Hugh Capet

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Expanded royal power, dynasty ruled for 300 years, stabilized the kingdom

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Phillip lI

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Expanded boundaries, Europe’s most powerful ruler

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Louis IX

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Persecuted Jews/Heretics/led crusades against Muslims

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Pope Urban II

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Launched the 1st crusade to free Holy Land, successfully freed Jerusalem

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2nd crusade

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Jerusalem fell to Saladin

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3rd crusade

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Fails Saladin opens, Jerusalem to Christian pilgrimages

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4th crusade

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Christians vs Christians, Constinople trade disputes

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What reunited Muslims in the Middle East?

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Positive effects

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Marco Polo

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Merchant, travels around the world

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Scholasticism

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Use reason to support Christian beliefs

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Thomas Aquinas

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Faith and reason in harmony

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Literature

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Switch to writing in vernacular, everyday writing

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Medieval

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Referring to the Middle Ages in Europe or the period of History between ancient and modern times

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